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Ask HN: As a dev, what made (or almost) you quit from a job?
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#33I was on a contract once and witnessed a grown adult man punch another man about "the goddamn fucking merge checks" and I just packed my laptop up and left and never looked back.
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#34Re: Ask HN: As a dev, what made (or almost) you quit from a job?
#35I was suddenly having fantasies about pushing my boss through a plate glass window. I quit THAT day.
The triggering incident was being told that I was on corrective action because I refused to falsify technical documentation at the request of a client. Oh, did I mention that this consulting company had issued a press release when they hired me because I was a well known expert in the field?
Externally: he’s an expert! Internally: bow and obey!
I started my own company and have been my own boss for the last 23 years.
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#36Too much M$ BS. Not just windoze, but azure, teams, outlook... Who wants to work with that shit?
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#37You can count me in as one of the participants in the Great Resignation. I might be fucking up here because anyone who reads this and knows me will probably instantly recognise me and I haven’t yet moved into another position so I might be jeopardising my reference if word gets around. But fuck it. I will preface this cautionary tale by saying there were some great people at this company including some of the manager…
Next time, get a new job and then quit.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Show her the code and tell her to do it if she knows better.
I actually should.
It will feel good for about 3 minutes and then you'll regret it.
Because she's going to take the code and some big-talking-idiot is going to say "Of course we can do it, it's simple. You know, how about we take over the whole project?"
You haven't been communicating well enough. If the client thinks it is easy, she is just begging you for comprehensive flow charts and diagrams (produced at $$$ per hour). Incidentally, they will also help you clarify your thoughts and designs :)
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#39The event that I described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31933566
> CEO of my current company pitched partnering with a consultancy to fill our resource needs (can’t hire anyone). During an org wide meeting, he promised that this wasn’t going to result in layoffs. That we needed to work with them so that they could help. Thus ensued 6 weeks of helping them learn our systems and business processes in a process, that in hindsight, felt like knowledge transferring. After that, a bunch of people were laid off without warning and the CEO has still yet to address the org directly.
I was just another name in the list of devs that ended up leaving in the aftermath. This event wasn’t the only reason I left, but it certainly was the tipping point.
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#40Witnessing repeated sexual harassment of female co-workers.
Verbal abuse, and witnessing verbal abuse of co-workers.
Told to fire gay employee on bogus dress code grounds.
Rampant drug and alcohol abuse evident in the office.
Manager repeatedly taking credit he didn't deserve, and blaming his staff for his own mistakes and poor judgment.
I have also quit to move to a different city, because the company was losing money and laying people off, because I found a better job.