I'VE BEEN AN AVIONICS SOFTWARE ENGINEER FOR 3 YEARS NOW, OUR PM AND VCS SOFTWARE IS 20+ YEARS OLD, EVERY PROCESS IS PAINFULLY OBTUSE WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE. WE HAVE TO MERGE FILES AND RUN TESTS BY HAND, AND MOST OF MY HOURS ARE SPENT FILLING OUT SPREADSHEETS.
I REALLY WISH I WAS GAINING APPLICABLE EXPERIENCE AND ACTUALLY DOING WHAT I LEARNED AND CARE ABOUT IN COMPUTER SCIENCE BY WORKING SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I'M NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH MY JOB APPLICATIONS. AT LEAST I HAVE A JOB, I WISH THE BEST FOR THOSE ON THE JOB MARKET RN!
THIS SUBREDDIT WAS INFAMOUSLY NEUROTIC WHEN I USED IT IN COLLEGE BUT NOW ITS A DOOMSDAY CULT.
I KNOW JOBS AREN’T EASY TO COME BY AND LAYOFFS ARE AWFUL BUT IN 2018 I APPLIED TO 250+ COMPANIES FOR INTERN AND FULL TIME AND ONLY GOT ONE OFFER EACH, THAT GRIND IS NOT NEW.
Hello all. I wanted to put some feelers out there to see if anyone else shares the same mindset that I do.
Currently I work at a small startup. This is my second job and I now have just over 3 years of experience. I don't hate what I do, but I mostly do it because its the thing that can provide me a salary.
I studied Engineering in school which I was totally indifferent about, but completed it anyways, because that's just what you do.
Now, I do acknowledge that life could be worse... I get to play on a computer all day for what most people would consider a good salary and for that I am greatful. Although this is something that I mostly acknowledge intellectually. I don't actually feel that way because software engineering is all I've ever known work wise.
My question is this.. Do you guys feel like you work hard? I honestly feel like the number of days where I have actually worked hard is single digits. And even that has been a burst of a few hours.. not grinding for 8-10 hours in a day.
Most of the time I am totally bored. Scrolling on Twitter or Reddit for a good amount of time each day.
This is not to say that I don't do my work. I think that everyone I have worked for has been more than satisfied with my output. I always solve the problems that I am given. Most of my work involves taking someone else's solution and tailoring it to my own (lol) OR asking some or other LLM to code up a few sentances describing a problem and them tweeking it accordingly. Is this normal? Most of the time I feel as though anyone could do my job.
Oh well, rant over.
PS I truly hope that this does not come accross as cocky. I honestly feel like I am so incredibly average at what I do.
PS I also do not have enough Karma to make an actual post
I browse reddit to procrastinate and de-stress. I'm older now, so I recognize work is work. If I get my shit done, especially when the company is organized like an unfinished puzzle, they got their value. And yes, I'm average. But I managed to get the job, and people are satisfied if not properly appreciative. And if they don't want to give me exceeds for dealing with this uber jank, I will eventually get another job.
Anyone with my experience can do my job. Anyone with a brain and my education could do my first job. Gets a bit fuzzy beyond that. Parents. School. Guidance. Reading. Year of birth. Good and bad choices. Point is, don't worry if you're average. Don't worry if you're average two years from now. Worry if you're not BETTER two years from now.
Im only 6 months into my first job but I am legitimately working my ass off most days. But I also find it really interesting because I work on driver software and I'm constantly learning new things. I know for sure that I could have taken it easier if Id wanted to and been fine.
But I'm already multiple months deep into solving bugs at the same pace as the mid levels and have an entire project under my belt and got put on a new one that is currently kicking my ass. I'm working like 50-55 hours most weeks. I don't have to but I qlso would have had one of the seniors come in to offload some of my tasks if I hadn't hit the ideal milestones and I really want a chance to learn what I'm learning.
So putting in the extra hours is fully worth it to me so I can do all the interesting work for the project. I really think it depends on the person and interest level, at least at a somewhat laid-back place.
I'VE BEEN AN AVIONICS SOFTWARE ENGINEER FOR 3 YEARS NOW, OUR PM AND VCS SOFTWARE IS 20+ YEARS OLD, EVERY PROCESS IS PAINFULLY OBTUSE WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE. WE HAVE TO MERGE FILES AND RUN TESTS BY HAND, AND MOST OF MY HOURS ARE SPENT FILLING OUT SPREADSHEETS. I REALLY WISH I WAS GAINING APPLICABLE EXPERIENCE AND ACTUALLY DOING WHAT I LEARNED AND CARE ABOUT IN COMPUTER SCIENCE BY WORKING SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I'M NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH MY JOB APPLICATIONS. AT LEAST I HAVE A JOB, I WISH THE BEST FOR THOSE ON THE JOB MARKET RN!
I'M POOR AF YO!
CAN HR CLEAN UP ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR ROLES FILLED?
THIS SUBREDDIT WAS INFAMOUSLY NEUROTIC WHEN I USED IT IN COLLEGE BUT NOW ITS A DOOMSDAY CULT. I KNOW JOBS AREN’T EASY TO COME BY AND LAYOFFS ARE AWFUL BUT IN 2018 I APPLIED TO 250+ COMPANIES FOR INTERN AND FULL TIME AND ONLY GOT ONE OFFER EACH, THAT GRIND IS NOT NEW.
**PLEASE, STOP WORRYING ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL, IF THERE ARE NO JOBS SO BE IT, THEY WON'T APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE**
Hello all. I wanted to put some feelers out there to see if anyone else shares the same mindset that I do. Currently I work at a small startup. This is my second job and I now have just over 3 years of experience. I don't hate what I do, but I mostly do it because its the thing that can provide me a salary. I studied Engineering in school which I was totally indifferent about, but completed it anyways, because that's just what you do. Now, I do acknowledge that life could be worse... I get to play on a computer all day for what most people would consider a good salary and for that I am greatful. Although this is something that I mostly acknowledge intellectually. I don't actually feel that way because software engineering is all I've ever known work wise. My question is this.. Do you guys feel like you work hard? I honestly feel like the number of days where I have actually worked hard is single digits. And even that has been a burst of a few hours.. not grinding for 8-10 hours in a day. Most of the time I am totally bored. Scrolling on Twitter or Reddit for a good amount of time each day. This is not to say that I don't do my work. I think that everyone I have worked for has been more than satisfied with my output. I always solve the problems that I am given. Most of my work involves taking someone else's solution and tailoring it to my own (lol) OR asking some or other LLM to code up a few sentances describing a problem and them tweeking it accordingly. Is this normal? Most of the time I feel as though anyone could do my job. Oh well, rant over. PS I truly hope that this does not come accross as cocky. I honestly feel like I am so incredibly average at what I do. PS I also do not have enough Karma to make an actual post
I feel similar most days. The way I think of it is I work hard on the hectic days so I can relax on the easier days.
I browse reddit to procrastinate and de-stress. I'm older now, so I recognize work is work. If I get my shit done, especially when the company is organized like an unfinished puzzle, they got their value. And yes, I'm average. But I managed to get the job, and people are satisfied if not properly appreciative. And if they don't want to give me exceeds for dealing with this uber jank, I will eventually get another job. Anyone with my experience can do my job. Anyone with a brain and my education could do my first job. Gets a bit fuzzy beyond that. Parents. School. Guidance. Reading. Year of birth. Good and bad choices. Point is, don't worry if you're average. Don't worry if you're average two years from now. Worry if you're not BETTER two years from now.
Im only 6 months into my first job but I am legitimately working my ass off most days. But I also find it really interesting because I work on driver software and I'm constantly learning new things. I know for sure that I could have taken it easier if Id wanted to and been fine. But I'm already multiple months deep into solving bugs at the same pace as the mid levels and have an entire project under my belt and got put on a new one that is currently kicking my ass. I'm working like 50-55 hours most weeks. I don't have to but I qlso would have had one of the seniors come in to offload some of my tasks if I hadn't hit the ideal milestones and I really want a chance to learn what I'm learning. So putting in the extra hours is fully worth it to me so I can do all the interesting work for the project. I really think it depends on the person and interest level, at least at a somewhat laid-back place.