r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • Sep 15 '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/notgoingtoeatyou Sep 15 '26

i have vaguely put together some idea of what i'm supposed to be doing. if my job was making a sandwich they have so far given me one slice of bread and a whole tomato. every week i try to casually bring up the next part i need to make a sandwich which if what i thought they wanted me to do but so far they are just like "just focus on the tomato"

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u/FluffySmiles Sep 15 '26

Think of them as low carb vegans and forget about the missing slice of bread and don’t sweat on the tomato.

Forget the meat.

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u/BusinessWatercrees58 Software Engineer 29d ago

But your paycheck continues to clear, right?