JumpyTaco
JumpyTaco

Frustrated from job

feeling like I am literally in the worst phase of my life. Our company is taking ownership of an abroad project and those abroad folks are not supportive or even if they support us then they give little information so that we can't take ownership. so we freshers have to figure out everything, and now even after figuring out, my manager and higher management asks me anything with respect to the product(features, deployment, anything literally- it's a big & complex project) even though I am a fresher and don't even have the proper knowledge and then ask us to explain to them what we know, and it's literally frustrating to explain to every single guy every single time. Because the manager asks to prepare to explain to him and then to the higher manager and then whenever something is there they keep asking again and again to give a presentation or our ideas about it, but they don't even ask abroad folks when they are the one who is doing the work. I just feel like I can't keep up with this and I want to resign. How to say no to the manager for doing a particular work again and again or should I resign because I am feeling very low right now and still after 1 year it looks like I have wasted the time because I got to write code for maybe 5% and 90-95% feels like college presentation. Every time there's something and they ask the same thing 3-4 times, sometimes it would be give the x info or then y info and like this only and because of that i can't do the real work or work on new features because the Indian manager and higher officials keep giving extra work which they should ask from US folks. What should I do please suggest

13mo ago
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SleepyLlama
SleepyLlama

Learn how to write technical reports. This is exactly the kind of situation where you can find an opportunity to outshine an average fresher.

Initially this won’t make sense, but trust me, writing technical reports will help you make vertical moves in the tech industry much faster. Be it a product or a service based startup.

JumpyTaco
JumpyTaco

What do you mean by technical reports? Is it like whatever I get to know about the product i have to make a note in some confluence page or somewhere where others can see

SleepyLlama
SleepyLlama

Kinda. You need to know your audience before writing a technical report. Managers usually need a report from a product/user perspective, so you write a ‘product document’.

If they are discussing over something that is yet to be implemented, the document would be ‘product requirements document’ (PRD)

If you need to share your knowledge with someone more technical, like a junior/senior dev or a tech lead, they look for technical design docs.

Try reading about how these docs are written to gain a perspective.

PeppyMarshmallow
PeppyMarshmallow

Try speaking with your manager and share your frustration. A good manager will try to help you in this situation.

If they don’t act on this, start looking for a new job.

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo13mo

🙌🏻 you’ve stayed quite strong. Don’t throwaway ur health for a job. Try to talk but if things don’t change u r out of options other than to switch

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