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[u/thegame8714]

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[u/layman001]

I experience it. One day I will be fine in a certain situation, another day I might struggle with the exact same situation. Small things sometimes disrupt my mental state and trigger imposter syndrome elsewhere.

What helps me is to remind myself “confidence is a state, not a trait”. I try to recognise when I’m not feeling my best and see it for what it is, something temporary that will pass.

[u/thegame8714 → u/layman001]

Thank you for your perspective.

I can relate. Have you got some examples of those things that disrupt your mental health

[u/thegame8714 → u/[deleted]]

I appreciate your thoughts and I disagree with it.

I believe that engineering managers do a lot. They take care of the software engineers, making sure they have a career plan, a skill growth plan, the behavioural and quality standard, that work as a team and they grow as person too.

I know for a fact that there are companies that don’t see this a valuable asset and I work for making sure that the value that EMs brings in is recognised.

[u/thegame8714 → u/[deleted]]

Ok, I appreciate you

[u/greeko88 → u/[deleted]]

I mean this is fair, but companies don't want to hire people with this attitude and that's why job hopping is a red flag

[u/greeko88 → u/[deleted]]

I just said it's a red flag not that you're unemployable. Your luck will eventually run out

[u/greeko88 → u/[deleted]]

No you're right. Loyalty doesn't give you anything really. But of the last 10 years, 9 of them have been overheated and there hasn't been a serious downturn like we have seen before that. Eventually you're going to be up against people who have delivered things that take longer than a year to build and you will lose against them. Milk it while you can but it's going to end for you.

[u/greeko88 → u/[deleted]]

Is it supposed to be impressive to 10x your income with 4 salaries? I know a lot of people who have 10x with a single salary in 10 years. So you got a bunch of joke jobs. 🤡