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I've always loved the technical parts of my job (and still do), but since day 1 of my career I've gotten nothing but scheming and toxicity when dealing with my superiors and my various counterparts.
I'm not entirely sure if I've simply been unlucky, or if the majority of workplaces really are this high strung. The existence of Dilbert suggests the latter.
I believe the tech sector is extremely prone to this: If you cannot climb out of a technical role, over time, you realize just how clueless most people are, especially those who imagine themselves of being "in control". Not just a bit uninformed, no: absolutely positively clueless[1]. If you go the management route, you often give up, what got you started with all this is the first place: curiosity and exploration, c…
I started to notice this in my late 20s. It felt kind of like a "the emperor has no clothes" moment when I was working at a tech startup that pushed long hours/weekend work in order to fulfill some "mission" and "greater purpose" and that I should feel a part of this for the greater good. It kind of hit me that this was mostly just a fantastic way to extract more work out of young, impressionable 20somethings who did…
I must have been an early bloomer. :) I've always loved the technical parts of my job (and still do), but since day 1 of my career I've gotten nothing but scheming and toxicity when dealing with my superiors and my various counterparts. I'm not entirely sure if I've simply been unlucky, or if the majority of workplaces really are this high strung. The existence of Dilbert suggests the latter.
I believe the tech sector is extremely prone to this: If you cannot climb out of a technical role, over time, you realize just how clueless most people are, especially those who imagine themselves of being "in control". Not just a bit uninformed, no: absolutely positively clueless[1]. If you go the management route, you often give up, what got you started with all this is the first place: curiosity and exploration, c…
Are you referring the Gervais principle?: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/the-gervais-principle/
I started to notice this in my late 20s. It felt kind of like a "the emperor has no clothes" moment when I was working at a tech startup that pushed long hours/weekend work in order to fulfill some "mission" and "greater purpose" and that I should feel a part of this for the greater good. It kind of hit me that this was mostly just a fantastic way to extract more work out of young, impressionable 20somethings who did…
I believe the tech sector is extremely prone to this: If you cannot climb out of a technical role, over time, you realize just how clueless most people are, especially those who imagine themselves of being "in control". Not just a bit uninformed, no: absolutely positively clueless[1]. If you go the management route, you often give up, what got you started with all this is the first place: curiosity and exploration, c…
Strangely, people don't hold the same view of conductors, even if they don't play the instruments. Or directors, even though they don't do the acting. Or football coaches, even if they aren't the playing game.
Hell, there's management simulator games out there that people love.
But software management? Well that must be exactly like Office Space.
Consider the following: maybe some management sucks and gets away with it because pop culture has taught us to expect it to.
I started to notice this in my late 20s. It felt kind of like a "the emperor has no clothes" moment when I was working at a tech startup that pushed long hours/weekend work in order to fulfill some "mission" and "greater purpose" and that I should feel a part of this for the greater good. It kind of hit me that this was mostly just a fantastic way to extract more work out of young, impressionable 20somethings who did…