Corporate programming sucks!
It feels like ages since I last wrote something.
Since my last post, I’ve changed jobs. I spent about a year there and then decided to move on. Now, I’m starting fresh at a new company in about three months.
I’ve decided to quit my current job for a few reasons.
- The workflow is awful, and I’m finding it hard to manage even the smallest things.
- The workplace politics are terrible.
- My current skills are being wasted, and I don’t see any career growth.
- There’s a conflict of interest with my manager.
- I’m not able to code the way I want to. I always have to compromise the quality of my code to get things done.
Some things I like about my job,
- Friendly teammates
- The money was good
- A new city—new opportunities, new friends and new learning experiences.
I am a straightforward person. When I am given a task, I write the code and figure out the solution. That has always been my approach. Even when other problems come up, I can always write code to handle them—almost anything.
However, here in this company, things are not quite right. The way they tackle problems is not ideal, and the code they write in their projects is a bit of a mess. It feels like a big bowl of noodles.
My manager regularly targeted me and even threatened me twice, asking me to leave the company. While I may have said a few things that contributed to this, it was all in the name of doing good work.
I often felt like people were simply busy doing their jobs for the sake of it. The quality of my work in my previous company is nowhere to be found here. I’m just moving things around without any real purpose or impact.
I genuinely tried to get along and adapt but I lost a lot of my enthusiasm and joy for work.
It was a huge risk, but I quit my job on Monday and it was difficult. I’ve never quit a job before, especially not like this. Even my last job ended when I was laid off and the company went bankrupt.
Starting Monday, I’ve lost my job, my sleep and now I’m feeling rather down. I’ve been dealing with a headache since then and I feel completely off balance.
On a bright note, I’ve landed a new job with a better salary and a promotion! Who would have thought? It’s another startup company, this time from the founders of my old company. I’m really hoping I can just do good quality work.
From this tough time, I’ve come to realise something. I’m a deep worker, whereas the people at my current company seem to be more surface-level. I enjoy diving deep into things and figuring them out, while most don’t.
Of course, I used to want to be a scientist, and most scientists are naturally deep workers.
But I still have two more months to work here. I think I can manage, even though I’ve lost all the motivation to work since I resigned.
Let’s give it another shot. This time, I’m going to do it my way.
Time to set sail again on this new adventure.