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Comment by iroh2727 | Hacker News Reader

Yes.

Though, given that you have nothing to lose, you could consider first kindly telling the bosses what is insufferable. Maybe that could help, idk?

Or I guess I'm curious too: what makes the immediate bosses insufferable?

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A combination of things. My concerns are usually dismissed. When shit I predict actually happens there is no credit or even acknowledgement. At times I don't feel respected and when I raise it it is equally dismissed with a "grow up" attitude. While technically I am probably amongst the best devs around the bosses tried to manage me into a test position (sugar coated as test lead) in order to bring in an older acquaintance of them in my position. Finally even though nobody told me so there is some travelling that is mandated (because they are insecure and they want to show up as much as possible to their bosses). This kind of thinking permeates them and is the reason why my concerns are dismissed (if we complain we will look bad so stop complaining and cheer up).

OTOH the pay is ok, the rest of the guys are ok and I left the previous dumpster fire of a company before the 1 year mark.

Oh man that sounds pretty bad... I feel you. Hmm I guess one way of looking at it is just in terms of power. Like your immediate boss has power over you and treats you like shit. So I wonder, is there any way to gain power elsewhere, like demonstrating value to higher ups or other people? Like if the concerns you raise are really hurting the bottom line, that really should get known or else it's an inefficient organizational system.

But yeah if there's no opportunities to increase your visibility or power, it's pretty hard to overcome a shitty manager... and especially if he doesn't value your work, why even bother doing good work?

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