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I’ve been a Java programmer for over four years since I graduated from university. I’ve worked my way up from being a total beginner to a solid mid-level developer. I was at my first company for two years, then my second for another two, and now I’m at my third. My first two jobs were okay, but both times there was just something I couldn’t tolerate, so I ended up leaving. But this new job? It has been the toughest one by far, mostly because the management is a complete mess.
Our company is overall a contractor, so we just do projects for other companies or colleges, which puts us in a reactive role, making us dependent on our clients’ schedule.
To make things worse, most of our clients are in the military. That comes with a ton of security rules that make everything a huge pain. For example, project materials like documents and source code cannot be transferred over the internet. Instead, they must be moved using physical media like CDs, which requires us to manually copy files between computers.
On top of that, My boss often takes on new projects without properly assessing the impact on our team’s capacity. He doesn’t even make sure he understands what the client really wants. And get this—some of our clients have no idea what they want until we build an initial prototype for them!
So, of course, we’re always behind schedule. To catch up, the manager just hires a bunch of junior programmers. But they don’t have much experience, so the code they write is a disaster, and it becomes almost impossible to finish the project in time.
And finally, The division of labor among our employees is unreasonable. I was hired to do backend and algorithm development, But I spend most of my time doing totally different stuff, like installing systems or writing endless, pointless documents. It feels like such a waste because I’m not even doing the job I was hired for or using the skills I’m actually good at.
I remember the day I met my current manager to talk about changing jobs. At my previous company, the boss forced everyone to work unnecessary overtime, so I was desperate to leave. I ended up taking the job here after just one short conversation with the manager—looking back, it was a careless and hasty decision on my part.
What I experienced has taught me a profound lesson. Yesterday, I met with my boss to share my thoughts on the company and submit my resignation. My boss accepted it calmly, though he expressed that he wanted me to stay. He also described his vision for the business, but from my perspective, most of his goals seemed unattainable. I politely declined his appeal and confirmed my decision to quit.
Now, I plan on taking a few weeks off before I even start thinking about finding a new job.
So, it is clearly a better strategy to ask for more detailed information during the interview process. I’ll be taking this approach in my job searches from now on. I hope to find a job that I’m truly satisfied with in the future.
春节假期结束后，回来工作的这2个月里，工作的强度比较低，我的大部分时间都在摸鱼，偶尔有事了，杭州那边同事找我了，我再看看问题之类的。总的来说这一段日子还是很舒服的。（和去年这个时候相比）。
去年这时候正是焦头烂额的时候😣😣😣，最终也导致了我去年夏天的离职。
现在的我，白天实际的工作时间大约只有2个小时，只不过晚上偶尔要和杭州那边开会，一般是代码评审什么的，然后之前有个周末加了点班搞了下前端界面。
昨天晚上和杭州一个同事闲聊，他说他觉得我跟着保障金项目组还是挺累的，说我很辛苦，他们那边都有点不好意思了。（我当时内心想法：？？？😝）
我在长沙这里已经闲得慌，摸鱼摸到飞了，那边居然觉得我这段时间比较辛苦，仅仅是因为我周末加了个班以及晚上和他们开了几次会。
这让我明白，我们这种线上联络办公的方式，让我们之间有比较大的gap，他们不知道我准确的工作状态，我也不知道他们的，哈哈哈。
有好处也有坏处吧，好处就是上面说的，我闲得慌他们却觉得我很辛苦。坏处就是，有的时候具体的工作细节很难沟通，尤其是当逻辑复杂度高的时候。
总的来说还不错。
Work was much slower for a couple of months after Spring Festival. Most of my days were pretty relaxed, unless my colleagues in Hangzhou needed my help with some simple problems. Overall, it was a comfortable time.
This time last year was tough and exhausting, which led to my resignation from my previous job.
Although my daily work has only been about two hours lately, I still have occasional evening code reviews with my team. And I worked overtime last weekend to fix a frontend problem.
I was chatting with a colleague from Hangzhou last night, and he mentioned that I’ve been working really hard for the team. He also said he felt bad about giving me such a heavy workload.
I was confused by what he said, since my workload had actually been quite light lately. Then I realized that our online meetings at night were probably the reason he felt guilty.
There was an invisible barrier between me and my colleagues in Hangzhou: Neither of us had a clear idea of the other’s daily tasks since we were in different cities.This brought me advantages and disadvantages.On one hand, I was lucky to manage a lighter workload in this situation,on the other hand, it became more difficult to communicate with each other when it came to collaborate to fix complicated problems.
Overall, I felt quite comfortable.
上周，组长言覃带着几个业务线领头人，还有部门领导战尘来长沙出差了。其他几位都是熟客了，来过好多次长沙了，重点在于战尘，这是我第一次当面见到他，上一次与他对话还是在去年秋天的转正答辩时的线上会议中。
他是个很厉害的人。沉稳又善谈。我记得在转正答辩时，在提问环节，他略微思考，就向我提了几个犀利的问题，角度非常钻，但是却又很深刻。我感到不太容易回答的同时，又感觉到他非同一般的功力。这种“功力”是直接的，突然的。当时我想：“此人确实非同一般”。
这次与他线下见面，交流了很多工作以外的东西，他同样也有独到的见解。他认真听完我说的话，对我表示认同，然后分享了他自己的想法。他的一些想法也让我也受益良多，他具备了一个好领导的许多要素。
与之相比，言覃显得稍弱了一些。根据我这半年多以来对他的了解，他是个技术大拿，非常重视技术本身，也以技术为豪，但是欠缺了一些其他的，更深层次的，更“人文”，更“文化”的一部分东西。我想这也是他和战尘的差距所在吧。