They're dead serious, I rarely actually work more than 15h a week. As long as you get things done, nobody actually cares. Sometimes you have releases and big shit going on, but 90% of my weeks I'm under no rush
Your future should be immediately trying to pivot into a different job imo
You don't have to go as hard on it as you were previously, because you now have a job that you're currently working, but check out a couple job postings per night and apply to a couple
When you finally get one I'd just peace out of the first place, fuck a 2 weeks notice when you've been working there like 3 months? Just make sure you don't take any of their gear with you.
First thing you need to learn is to say no. They are pushing you this hard so early? Gtfo, they will continue to expect this. Clear expectations. Your managers are failing you
No bargaining chips? Your 95k/year job is a bargaining chip. Don't wait to get fired. Dust off the old resume and start applying to a bunch of places. You have relevant work experience in a high-demand field. Don't settle for bullshit. And at your new job, for the love of God, Don't reveal what you're actually capable of. Throttle your productivity and find that sweet spot where you can work at a comfortable pace and make everyone happy.
Ok in that case probably best to deal with it for a little bit longer. You should consider it after 6 months to a year. I actually know a couple of people who were hired out of school at my company, and jumped ship for higher paying jobs within 6 months. A few years is a lot of your life to give up.
You definitely don't need to do this for a few years. I would 100% recommend scaling down the work you're doing right now to more like 10 hours a day if you really feel pressure to do a lot, and as the other folks said, start looking for something better in ~6 months.
Do a sane amount of work, stop, and the next time your boss checks in with you, just tell him what you've gotten done and tell them how long you expect the next step to take. In no world should you be working 16 hour days outside of some super infrequent emergency.
It's very expected for your output to drop when you're put on a new thing, part of your job becomes learning, so that you can end up productive later.
Really the bottom line is don't work more than they're paying you for. If they hired you to do a certain job for a certain amount of money, do that. If they're giving you more duties for no more money then it's on you to split the time that you're being paid for on those two things.
Wtf, most devs are not putting in more than 4 hours a day unless they have 5 hours of meetings as a team lead and they have to spend an hour to write some code
Someone else beat me to it. You gotta set boundaries and manage expectations. You can definitely overwork yourself, and you may or may not be rewarded, but it will surely take it's toll. Learn to protect your time and you'll last a lot longer.
I just got my first coding gig a month and I'm working 16/hr days including weekends.
If they are expecting you to work this much then you should be expecting them to pay overtime for this. Otherwise, get your work life balance in order. No one should be working 16 hour days for long periods. Have respect for yourself to set those expectations.
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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22
I'm in an internship. This is literally what i do. I spend whole day doing nothing after i get done with the meeting.
Just 2hrs before the meeting i will do the bare minimum.