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Sometimes I feel that the work I am doing in the office is worthless. It is providing no value to the client nor does it help me. I am able to answer the technical questions of the client which help in their business decisions and I think that's what keeps me employed. But I still feel I am wasting my time and I really don't know what I should do. Does anyone else face a similar issue or is it only with me? Also have someone come out of this and would like to share their experiences.

Sometimes I feel that the work I am doing is worthless.

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Have you ever got the feeling that you can do a lot more out of the current role you are in, and that so being inside your current org.

For instance, say you are a senior eng who definitely can have a linear growth in engineering, but that doesn’t feel like enough.

And if there was, say, a role (a more responsible and accountable one) which needs strong interpersonal skills too besides engineering, where you feel like you would really thrive. 

If yes, has anyone of you have broken out of this by doing certain thing(s) and has been successful in it?

If yes do tell.

Do you feel like you can do more?

Engineering Manager

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So I am working at a startup for around a year now. Everyday I see, it feels, what am I really doing? Where is the life headed? 
    Doing bare minimum or doing your tasks and fucking off isn't enough. It's expected that we outgrow constantly, as if it's this work that we can always think about and nothing else. At the end, am wondering if it's still worth it?
    1 day it feels that let's just quit it! Next day I feel, okay, I do want the money. 

I ain't looking for suggestions here, just wanted to see if anyone else felt this way

Getting increasingly bored of work at startup

Been there, but money is very important especially for a middle class family, for most of us we are earning 5x more than our parents at least and have huge expectations from families to provide them with good life

Software Engineer

I feel so lost now. Although I have finished my CA and even worked for 2 years, I can't seem to figure out what I want in terms of my career. I am always doubting if what I am doing is correct or did I make a mistake by choosing this field? Anyone else ever faced this problem? What did you do about it?

Figured out everything?

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This advice was given to me by someone who has worked for 20+ years in IT.

"The reward for work done is always more work."

So always manage you time properly here. If you keep working hard then you will be exploited by your manager. He will always take credit for your work. You will do the work but it will be presented by a dumb senior to the client.

So your strategy should be:
Always complete your work on the weekend. Then every day you need to reveal work done slowly. Monday to Friday. This way you will chill during the entire week. People will think you do work but in reality you are coasting and chilling.

Use this time to upskill and interview for other companies. Then get out of IT and go to a Product company.

If you are from WITCH or any IT company then this strategy will make you successful in life...

Software Analyst

They have no life
They have nowhere to go
They have no one to be with
They have no passions outside work either

And they make your life hell as they become the baseline for comparison for all sorts of management from appraisal to work distribution.

Feel free to disagree with me, but I’m genuinely pissed today. How do you deal with them? I have a decent life outside work but lose most of it while trying to catchup to such people so that I don’t get fired.

Sorry for the title.

How the F do I deal with overworkers?

I'm also like this brother. But why I work like this? 
 I come from a small village in India . Haven't got proper education or exposure. Not born with silver spoon and this is the only way to feed our family. We too have emotions like you, but sacrificing everything for our future and family. I strongly disagree with @Elon_Musk. Usually, only people who don't work hard do like that.

Product Designer

Everyday i wake up with no motivation to work. Spend most of my day trying to gather any will i have to get something done and just wait for the evening standup. After which i have no energy to do anything since all was lost trying to ( not necessarily doing ) work. Can anyone relate? Or gone through it? How do you even fix it?

PS: don't suggest grass is greener on other side and how there are jobless people in the world...

Lost motivation to work

Most of us here on GV are in the corporate boat. Some experienced, some new. I think most of us would not have dreamt of working in our jobs in childhood, and almost all of us landed into some role after our education and continued to grow after. While you continue to work for that next promotion or hike, when do you get the feeling of making it in corporate?

When did/would you feel you’ve made it?

When I don’t hate my job. That’s it. That’s my parameter.

Marketing Creative

Product Manager

Lately, seeing many posts on Grapevine around work being transactional. Something where you put in X hours and get paid Y. It can possibly mean a combination of two things:

1. They're not emotionally vested in the work they do everyday. Perhaps, something else interests them more.

2. They're several degrees of connection away from the impact they make. Imagine a Backend Engineer, who corresponds with their EM who in-turn corresponds to the Product team who in turn talk with the users. Essentially, the backend engineer is 2 degrees away from the users. In most large organisations you can be 5+ degrees of connection away from the people you impact. Hence, they feel that the work they do is not purposeful enough.

What do you all think about this? Do you find your work purposeful?

[Thread] Do you find purpose in your work?

When I was job hunting a few months back, I told the head hunter that a couple of companies she proposed was not something I believed in, in the nicest way possible. Maybe a dick move, idk. She told me it’ll be impossible for me to find a job in this market if this was my attitude. 

After that, a month later, she ghosted me when I asked her if she has any leads. I spoke to a few friends and they said it’s a good thing to want to truly believe in what the company does and few told me it didn’t matter. 

To me it does, because I have always worked in very early startups and I see my time also as an investment. And not to mention, early stage startups are tedious to work in. You lose your motivation if you don’t feel like you’re contributing to a great extent in multiple areas. 

What’s your take on it? Is it alright as long as you get the money in your account?

How many of you truly believe in what you do at work?

Growth Manager

Hi all, I have noticed that the experienced senior people around me [ ICs, EMs, etc ] have too much work and they are always in a work mode. 

Seeing them makes me wonder whether I would want to be like them in the future.

All the senior experienced people here, how stressful / hectic / difficult is your work life as you move up the corporate ladder? 

Is it even worth it to chase meaningless numbers, and promotions, and grow up the career ladder?

Work life at senior positions

I will go first - It's hectic as hell,  but if you are passionate about the problem that specific startup is solving-  

it is really rewarding and exciting. But that's just my opinion not everyone,  not everyone feels the same way about crazy work schedules and WLB which early stage startups tend to have.

Please share your thoughts and experiences!

What do you all think of early stage startups?

I shifted back to my home after having a happening life for 1 year. My main motivation for wfh was living with my parents as they are getting old, and having time for myself. Now I have time but I just waste it away in OTT and social media. What can I do to be productive? How can I start learning something new or work on a side project? How do I break the wheel of comfort and start?

Spending time in WFH

I'm in that "Imposter Syndrome" phase right now, need some motivation. 

Please tell me what new you are learning or building, anything personal/professional/time-pass.

What are you learning/building?

Senior Software Engineer

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I have an open question guys!

Is working 9-5 really living? No, the process of working itself is life. I want to write a lot of things, but whenever I start to express my thoughts in text, I get stuck. It's the same with my life—I want to do many things, but I'm not able to. Have I become lazy? When will I get tired of spending so much time watching web series and movies? Will they be worth anything in the end? No! So why am I not doing anything productive?

An open Question...

Customer Service

I know most of us don't have a choice as we need to earn to make our livelihood, but what keeps you going day in and day out? Or do you just wait for the weekends. I think very few people get to do what they love doing. So how do you get through the week ? What do you tell yourself ?

How do you guys get through workdays ?

I have seen so many posts, on Grapevine alone, of how people are being harrassed and traumatized in their companies. And honestly, reading all those posts and comments scare the hell out of me because I haven't been subjected to or witnessed anything like this.

Let me share the experience I have had till now:

I have ~2 YOE, and Capgemini is my first company. I know the pay isn't great, but that's the only thing I don't like about the company. 

The people I have met or worked with in the entirety of my time here, they are supportive, kind, and considerate. Every single one of them, including the managers/directors. They don't expect you to work late hours or on weekends, unless there are critical escalations/important deadlines.

My manager gives out words of thanks and appreciation, even on the smallest of things (yes he talks strictly too, and usually I am at the wrong when this happens, nothing major though). I get all the support that I need. I don't have to worry about the work life balance.

I have never had a single issue with a teammate, and most of them are seniors whom I work with. No big egos, no attitude, nothing. They help out whenever I reach out to them.

And it is the same story on my client side as well. 

I have worked/interacted with both male and female leaders, and all I have ever seen among everyone is empathy, respect for everyone's work, and always ready to help nature.

I understand that this is all just my experience, but my reason for writing this post is to share a positive experience and that there are still good people around here.

Maybe I am the odd one out (on the happier side)

Here is something I can tell you about bias. It is human nature to be very emotional and complain when things are bad and not talk about it too much when things are good.  
  
 Forums like Grapevine and Blind are filled with unhappy posts because of this reason. Most people complain when things are bad. Hardly anyone praises when things are good. For every bad post you see here, I am sure people are out there having a good time at work.  
  
 Treat this with a pinch of salt and live out your career, you only have one. Don’t be bogged down and settle because you are scared of the unknown.

I’m a software from past 7 years, I really not happy with my job, in fact I don’t like work on someone else company. Whenever I ware ID on my neck, it remind me I’m a slaver and I’m in a rat race. I really keep on thinking this since long time, you may ask why don’t quite your job and do whatever you like, but the responsibility which are reminding me and pulling back…. May be I’ll die in thinking of these. So many times I think that some has crossed and stage and build these companies and all these businesses… I always wanted to start a product base company, don’t know will I succeed or not, but I’ll start before I die and I’ll keep my son in this state of mind ever.

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