I don’t care
Posted by CSThrowAway2014@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 32 comments
I really don’t. 15 yoe in this dev world that made me who I am, shaped my personality, from A to Z, extremely appreciative blah blah blah. But I mean it.
I don’t care if you have an electrician coming over, your daughters recital, your mom is arriving at the airport, product’s boss’s boss is coming over, QE needs a knowledge transfer session on how to use Postman, I really don’t. I’m okay; I’m fine, you do you.
Not gonna meet the deadlines? I’m fine, just don’t tell me on Day 9 of a 10 day sprint that it’s gonna take another 4 sprints, it’s okay.
Don’t know how to debug within vscode? It’s fine. Wanna go to an ng-conf…in Amsterdam? I don’t care; just send me an email with 3 bullet points; I’ll approve.
My toilet started to act up last night. Wife just kept on going on and on and on. Woke up this morning to the wife going on and on and on and on, it wasn’t even 7 AM yet. Ughhhhh.
All I wanted to do was, leave work at 4 so I could get to Home Depot, pick up a valve seal for the toilet and have it fixed before my wife got home.
But noooooo!!!!!!! These fucktards knew I wanted to leave at 4, but no, let’s walk over to his desk, and ask him to explain why the logger is writing test logs to prod (it wasn’t).
Fakkkkkk!!!!!! I’m fuming. I’m miserable, pathetic, and angry.
Mods, delete this, ban me, anything goes on. I’m fine. I don’t care. I tried venting to my friend, apparently he can’t talk to me, “ummm, I’m having dinner with the family right now”. Go suck a lemon Pete, screw you.
Sorry, I’m not usually like this but I gotta get this off of my chest. Uggghhhh; look at what I wrote. Horrible. Everything. I’m going to sleep now and will act like nothing happened. I’ve also had a few drinks.
/con/con
suspicious_williams@reddit
Pete sucks. I blame that guy.
JohnDillermand2@reddit
This guy's working with a full clown car.
And I can totally relate.
IAmA_Nerd_AMA@reddit
Aww, it's gone and all I see are comments saying how funny it was.
Mods not showing experience in how to develop a community.
thodgson@reddit
Been through this experience and feeling more than once. It sucks. Time to look for a new job.
ExperiencedDevs-ModTeam@reddit
Rule 9: No Low Effort Posts, Excessive Venting, or Bragging.
Using this subreddit to crowd source answers to something that isn't really contributing to the spirit of this subreddit is forbidden at moderator's discretion. This includes posts that are mostly focused around venting or bragging; both of these types of posts are difficult to moderate and don't contribute much to the subreddit.
Constant-Listen834@reddit
“Sorry everyone, I need to step out early today. I’ll be online 9am tomorow to follow up”
Was that really so hard OP?
lost12487@reddit
It sounds like he needed to get shit done before he had to step out at 4 and kept getting interrupted. If he's not WFH it's really easy to lose your flow state when someone drops by your desk, even if the interaction is as short as what you wrote.
kasdaye@reddit
For real. Establish some boundaries my dude.
Windyvale@reddit
We can’t ban you. You are emitting radioactive levels of developer experience right now.
zambizzi@reddit
Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
No_Technician7058@reddit
plumbing shit makes me crazy too
consideritred23@reddit
Im not there yet, but man I can see it. Get well soon 🙏
sweetLew2@reddit
Pete, what a soft friend. You deserve better bro. DM me to vent if you want.
Got a tester who waited 2 days before a 6 week vacation to ask how to reconfigure their automation for 18 services. Guess what I didn’t get done today? Any of my shit. Guess my shits gunna wait another sprint. Again.
boneskull@reddit
fuckin’ Pete
loctastic@reddit
all the homies hate Pete
dryiceboy@reddit
Mods, please keep this.
This is a masterpiece of what happens inside an Experienced Dev's brain from time to time.
You should write a book. Could be a start to a new career.
Shiral446@reddit
Promote this guy immediately!
safetytrick@reddit
This is brilliant
qa_anaaq@reddit
Not gonna lie but you've got the attitude I want to work with. I have to deal with so much arguing over how we define our statuses (what is "under review"? What does "UATs" mean?) even though they're already defined and have been for awhile. It's soul crushing.
careonomine@reddit
Sorry man. This is peak staff+ energy. You’re stuck with us.
Mods, please don’t set him free by banning him.
butler_me_judith@reddit
came to say this
redox000@reddit
This perfectly encapsulates what being an experienced engineer feels like. You know enough that everyone expects you to have all the answers but you still have no control over all the stupid decisions people are making that negativity affect you.
EarthquakeBass@reddit
Sorry OP. For what it’s worth, it’s ok to tell people, “I have a hard stop, I have to go, let’s follow up about this later”. They don’t need to know what your hard stop is. Family comes first. If you’re frustrated with work, don’t take it out on your wife. She’s the one who’s actually supposed to have your back.
I agree with other people suggesting a break. You clearly need it bad if you’re writing this.
Empanatacion@reddit
This is the quality content I hope to see more of.
ATXblazer@reddit
You sound like a straight shooter with upper management written all over you.
woodwheellike@reddit
Spider-Man pointing meme
Me everyday
I do this job because I make what I consider a shit ton if money. That money is the only reason I’m pretending that I care about sprint retro
Uggh I’ve been doing this long enough that it’s all I know for a career and I can’t stand being here
But , then again how many people feel the same making like 60k a year. So I bury my disdain deep within my heart and keep smiling for the camera
🫠
Dorklee77@reddit
I had one of these episodes not long ago. It happens and sometimes you need to do exactly what you did and vent. I’m enjoying this sub more and more because you have a great place to answer questions, vent, and learn. What makes it valuable to me is that I can do those things without it blowing back on me at work.
Sure, I can bitch and throw a tantrum (talking about myself only) but if I do that in the office I’m gonna have an even worse day…thank you HR.
Point is this is step one. Next step is to take a day or two off and try resetting. I was lucky enough to take a week off and it helped me to the point that I didn’t jump off any edges when it went to shit the moment I was back at work.
Best of luck and I hope you got the part for your toilet 🥴
OversoakedSponge@reddit
Shitter's full
roger_ducky@reddit
Congrats! This actually explains why you got to your position. Not “caring” actually means you explain stuff more plainly, which causes people to promote you more, even if you’re just relatively competent.
Empty_Geologist9645@reddit
How the toilet
DrMondongous@reddit
10/10 XD
prlmike@reddit
Taken a vacation alone. I like music festivals.