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Hiya Suity. Long time. I think I'd missed you going perm, what was the backstory (or maybe there's a thread?)
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostBreaking news: suity isn't cut out to be a perm or a contractor.
I envisage a 'never the twain' scenario where they're 'both' selling bamboo furniture out of adjacent shops while spending most of their time sledging each other. Now we know who MF has been decking all this time.
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Breaking news: suity isn't cut out to be a perm or a contractor.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostWeaving drunkenly isn’t everything
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One year in, I imagine your appraisal will be soon. Your slimy boss will talk in detail about how your performance can be improved; he'll probably suggest training as part of the development review; he'll attempt to motivate you to even higher levels of attainment. And all the time you'll be picturing how much fun it would be to rip his throat out.
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Originally posted by washed up contractor View PostCouldnt give a toss, I've now retired! Yippee! Smokin'
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Couldnt give a toss, I've now retired! Yippee! Smokin'
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostI'll be brief. I hate it.
Good salary, good pension.
I hate it. I am now at the point where I have to drag myself to work. I am so unhappy.
The root cause of my unhappiness is this millennial "manager", who has somehow slimed his way into a directorship, and has PMs and BAs working for him. Except that I work in his baby project, so he is the BA and the PM.
He is always too busy to attend meetings or manage.
I have tried since I started last September to get the SDLC under control. It's more like a late 90s sweatshop. No processes, bugs listed in a spreadsheet, verbal requirements etc etc.
We just went live this morning, with a release where no instruction was given to the UAT team, everyone had a different understanding of the requirements, and no one was sure if it actually worked or not.
The Go/No go meeting was a farce, and only a selection of remaining bugs were presented to the stakeholders. I emailed my "boss" after highlighting the one's he missed (cover your a**).
One senior stakeholder invited my boss's boss to the meeting. He was so lax, and backed my boss to the hilt after several serious failings were pointed out. "We just don't have the resource to manage this project".
It's a chaotic bun fight every release, and the UAT is non existent, yet the onus is on me as a developer to put this tulipe live regardless.
It is now a choice between the salary, pension vs my happiness / sanity.
I've offered to step up and help with the business analysis / project coordination. My call is my boss doesn't want to be shown up, so he always pisses on that bonfire.
I've brought a lot of technical changes to the project, like actually using version control, continuous integration etc, but just feel like I'm pouring my experience into a dead horse that is being flogged and it's time to do one and find a company that would appreciate me.
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Originally posted by eek View PostI suspect asking in him public is really (not) likely to get you a response.
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