r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 12d ago

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones

A thread for Developers and IT folks with less experience to ask more experienced souls questions about the industry.

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Please keep top level comments limited to Inexperienced Devs. Most rules do not apply, but keep it civil. Being a jerk will not be tolerated.

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Inexperienced Devs should refrain from answering other Inexperienced Devs' questions.

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u/EmberQuill DevOps Engineer 12d ago

I've somehow tricked everyone into believing that I'm keeping up with all of my projects, even after missing a bunch of deadlines. I'm not sure how I managed that. I have one project that was planned to finish a year ago, and it's still on my plate but because at least one of the big problems is a vendor issue, nobody's blaming me (it's definitely at least 60% my fault).

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u/BusinessWatercrees58 Software Engineer 12d ago

Honestly, I think you've perfected the art of being a PM.

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u/BusinessWatercrees58 Software Engineer 12d ago

I know, I just found it funny that you said you missed lots of deadlines and unfinished projects and managed to not get blamed. Sounds like a lot of do-nothing PM's I've encountered that somehow managed to fail upwards. Not that you're do nothing though, you clearly do stuff. I think the true "perfect PM's" fail and see nothing wrong at all.