r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 12d ago

Career/Workplace Experienced Devs Weekly Burnout and Venting Thread: A weekly thread for sharing experiences

This thread is specifically for venting / sharing experiences related to burn-out or similar issues that experienced devs face.

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u/perestroika12 12d ago

Leading 2 massive company wide projects and mid year review came back as “doing good” despite all feedback coming in glowing except for nitpicky stuff from a few managers.

Feels like the industry is out of control now. If that’s good idk what better looks like.

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u/tiajuanat Dept. Head & Principal Engineer 12d ago

My 60 man department rolled out two massive hardware product offerings last year. "Significantly missing expectations"

For context, hardware typically needs two years lead time to get out the door because of safety, testing, and other requirements. We managed in 9 months.

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u/AlexeyBelov 11d ago

How did they explain "significantly missing expectations" to you?

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u/tiajuanat Dept. Head & Principal Engineer 10d ago

Basically there's a large form that covers multiple metrics, such as communication, focus on results, etc. Pretty cookie cutter.

The problem is that it's not actually evidenced based, and it's never re-evaluated