I am a junior engineer with 1 yoe on my current team. It is pretty intense at times, our manager disappears for weeks sometimes and i am on track to talk on quite a heavy load of work in the upcoming year (few people left the team).
I saw that other teams had openings for junior SWE, so I applied. I inquired with a coworker on if i should tell my boss or not, and decided to go with the advice to not say anything unless i actually have an offer.
However, one of the managers on a team that I applied to reschedule out to my current manager. Now she wants to meet with me (i think they are afraid to lose me, as I have only had good feedback on this team so far). I am wanting to switch teams because there isn’t much opportunity for new features, and most of what seems available is just upkeep of legacy code, as well as the burnout of other engineers kind of scares me. There doesn’t seem to be any change in the org coming soon to address overworking and burnout.
What should I say to my boss once we meet? Should I be honest about why i am looking or should I be vague (in case I don’t hear back from my applications)?
Is this a big oopsie?
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r/cscareerquestions I am a junior engineer with 1 yoe on my current team. It is pretty intense at times, our manager disappears for weeks sometimes and i am on track to talk on quite a heavy load of work in the upcoming year (few people left the team). I saw that other teams had openings for junior SWE, so I applied. I inquired with a coworker on if i should tell my boss or not, and decided to go with the advice to not say anything unless i actually have an offer. However, one of the managers on a team that I applied to reschedule out to my current manager. Now she wants to meet with me (i think they are afraid to lose me, as I have only had good feedback on this team so far). I am wanting to switch teams because there isn’t much opportunity for new features, and most of what seems available is just upkeep of legacy code, as well as the burnout of other engineers kind of scares me. There doesn’t seem to be any change in the org coming soon to address overworking and burnout. What should I say to my boss once we meet? Should I be honest about why i am looking or should I be vague (in case I don’t hear back from my applications)? Is this a big oopsie? submitted by /u/Repulsive_Zombie5129 [link] [comments]
I am a junior engineer with 1 yoe on my current team. It is pretty intense at times, our manager disappears for weeks sometimes and i am on track to talk on quite a heavy load of work in the upcoming year (few people left the team).
I saw that other teams had openings for junior SWE, so I applied. I inquired with a coworker on if i should tell my boss or not, and decided to go with the advice to not say anything unless i actually have an offer.
However, one of the managers on a team that I applied to reschedule out to my current manager. Now she wants to meet with me (i think they are afraid to lose me, as I have only had good feedback on this team so far). I am wanting to switch teams because there isn’t much opportunity for new features, and most of what seems available is just upkeep of legacy code, as well as the burnout of other engineers kind of scares me. There doesn’t seem to be any change in the org coming soon to address overworking and burnout.
What should I say to my boss once we meet? Should I be honest about why i am looking or should I be vague (in case I don’t hear back from my applications)?
Is this a big oopsie?
submitted by /u/Repulsive_Zombie5129
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