customer telling me for 15 min that our software keeps having massive problems & bugs & we don't work on things working correctly enough. i know lady. i know that it should be self evident to test new features before releasing them. i know priorization is super fucked up & we'll rather release something our CEO decided on a whim than features customers have been requesting for years. i know that our design & technology choices are super behind. i know that we (by which i mean sales & the boss) keep making false promises about new releases. but i also know that changing things or applying constructive feedback isn't a thing here. leave me alone.

it is so frustrating to have a brain that keeps thinking about how to improve and structure stuff constantly, one of the few things i can do well, but you feel like there's a sound proof wall between you and management.
I'm not overly upset and i only have 5 more work days here after today. but honestly, i feel really trapped here. and i hope to make better experiences in the future. please tell me not every software dev company is like this.

@mimtschan not all

disgustingly common though, there's a book by Douglas Coupland related to this called Microserfs

@amphetamine ugh. it's just so frustrating. i know people keep telling me "that's just how it is" and "most companies are like that" as if that's a reason to accept it

EVERYONE would benefit from exchange and feedback and workflows. why is that so much to ask apparently?

I'm p sure I'll always have trouble in my work life because things like this frustrate me and get me off balance so much. i can be really motivated for work but not if workflows are made so hard because i NEED some structure and some way to contribute meaningfully

i know nobody can change that, but. i hate that is just taken as a given thing and you're naive to want to change

@mimtschan @amphetamine I wouldn't say it's a given thing that you're naive to want to change. what it means is that this is something specific to look for when looking for work and applying for jobs. yeah, a lot of shitty companies does this wrong, because capitalism is the death of good. but you can find places that do it relatively right, I know, I'm at one of them.

so don't give up hope darling.