Does anyone else get exhausted by the repetition of the never ending backlog and your contributions being measured by tickets done? /u/RothIRALadder CSCQ protests reddit

A software engineer is sort of like the brick layer in a company. You build the actual product. Without your hands the business doesn’t have a thing to sell. Your output can only be measured in direct contributions to the product. Because of that it’s hard to bullshit.

Sometimes I wish I had a “fake job”. A “fake job” is having meetings about meetings, writing emails, giving status updates, making powerpoints to other departments, making inconsequential decisions, and pretending to look busy. You’re barely doing anything. Maybe the pay is less, and the job security is worse, but that backlog isn’t staring at you.

Is this a sign it’s time for me to pivot into management?

A software engineer is sort of like the brick layer in a company. You build the actual product. Without your hands the business doesn’t have a thing to sell. Your output can only be measured in direct contributions to the product. Because of that it’s hard to bullshit.

Sometimes I wish I had a “fake job”. A “fake job” is having meetings about meetings, writing emails, giving status updates, making powerpoints to other departments, making inconsequential decisions, and pretending to look busy. You’re barely doing anything. Maybe the pay is less, and the job security is worse, but that backlog isn’t staring at you.

Is this a sign it’s time for me to pivot into management?