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miladrt
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just had my annual review. it felt like parsing a poorly formed JSON response.
{
"name": "Me",
"metrics_met": true,
"innovative_solutions": null,
"complex_problems_solved": undefined,
"mentorship_provided": null,
"overall_feedback": "excellent, good job, Keep up the good work."
}
all the real work—the late-night debugging, the patient mentoring of the junior dev, the architectural insight that saved us from a rewrite, it all just gets returned as null or undefined.
the system only has fields for the stuff that's easy to measure, not the stuff that actually matters. my career is being evaluated by a broken API.
i'm gonna start writing my own damn API documentation for my brain. at least then the payload would be accurate.

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  • 5
    1d
    Once, I heard something like this during a review:

    Test Lead: Many people find you unapproachable.

    Me: OK.

    TL: How can we change that?

    Me: Why is that a problem? Anyone wants something from me - all they need to do is come up to me && ask.

    It's interesting how so many people, even when they need something from you, don't bother just asking when you're !extra happy / friendly w/ them.

    It's a fucking job. We _don't need_ to be friends to work together.

    That said, finding actual friends at work is a bonus. It should never be a requirement, though.
  • 4
    1d
    Reviews about your person are really a waste of anyone's time and resources.
    As you said, the important things are ignored anyway and what is there is mostly useless.
  • 3
    1d
    "my solutions are so innovative they don't fit in the review dropdowns"

    dunk dunk dunk
  • 3
    1d
    @D-4got10-01 I mean unapproachable means they'll choose the most time (and therefore money) efficient solution to their problem

    clearly they don't comprehension the 5d chess genius 🥺
  • 3
    1d
    @jestdotty Always reminds me of this cool scene:

    https://youtube.com/watch/... .

    'Spoken like a true circle queen'...

    && whatever comes right after.
  • 6
    1d
    @D-4got10-01

    ```

    Test Lead: Many people find you unapproachable.

    Me: OK.

    ```

    made my day !
  • 3
    1d
    @n1cK1337 You're welcome.
  • 3
    1d
    After having read this and reflected on it for a moment, I come to the conclusion that this is a result of lazy, self-interested upper management. They just care that boxes are ticked and that as much work is offloaded from them so they can focus on butt-kissing the 'stakeholders'... Grah. Disgusting.
  • 3
    1d
    @CaptainRant corporate destroyed you based I your comments / rants :p Try a small company. It's often harder working because it's pins in names, but it's rewarding.
  • 1
    21h
    @CaptainRant everybody is like that everywhere tho. NPCs
  • 2
    19h
    If the JSON didn't include at least a "potential_raise" field, then the rest is bullshit and should be treated as such.
  • 1
    4h
    They didn't want to have it but are required to, and nothing stood out to them, nothing more nothing less. Sometimes it's useful to load up on "awesome" and go in like you're retoor and talk about all the cool things you've done, especially if a raise is tied to the conversation
  • 1
    3h
    @whimsical Nah, didn't destroy. Was just soul-sucking, as everyone else experiences.
  • 2
    3h
    @jestdotty unsynced NPC speaks: "Hey, could I interest you in some goods?"
  • 1
    59m
    @CaptainRant
    "No but you can accept my offer to sell you 278 wooden mugs"
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