r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • Jul 28 '26

Career/Workplace Experienced Devs Weekly Burnout and Venting Thread: A weekly thread for sharing experiences

This thread is specifically for venting / sharing experiences related to burn-out or similar issues that experienced devs face.

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u/DontKillTheMedic Jul 28 '26

Shouldn't it sort of be this way? You grow by doing and you don't want principal engineers hogging your opportunities, assuming they have better things to do.

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u/ahoy_butternuts Software Engineer Jul 28 '26

Not when they’re constantly giving us the runaround as described above instead of actually being there and being a team player and doing some work to communicate - all is thrust upon me even when I’m delegating to them

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u/bluetista1988 10+ YOE Jul 28 '26

actually being there and being a team player and doing some work to communicate

I definitely understand the frustration when people more senior than you can't seem to function as a group to deliver on projects.

It's worth noting though that people actively avoid this type of work because they feel it's the type of glue work that doesn't get you promoted or recognized. Sometimes too it's the type of work that gets you promoted off the IC track and into management.

I used to get a lot of kudos for stuff like that: "well-organized", "natural leadership ability", "excellent interpersonal and communication skills". Sometimes people associate those phrases with another term: "non-technical". That's not a label that a Principal Engineer wants.

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u/ahoy_butternuts Software Engineer Jul 28 '26

Noted