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Discussion on: Is It Burnout or Job Dissatisfaction?

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José María CL • Edited

I'm just having some negative thoughs the past week and today: "why are we always failing? Why we can't bring a perfect product to the user like other careers like actual engineers? Why did they (my leaders) leave me to write this horrible code with unnecessary complexity? Why am I so incompetent? Why our software is sooooo bad but users still pay for it"

The answer: I don't know.

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José María CL • Edited

Hi. I waked up with positive vibes :)
I'm probably not the best programmer of the world and programming for temporary clients is not my passion... but I try! I try to do my best in every aspect of my life!

I know I have a lack of technical skills, experience and knowledge so I CAN start learning and improving my work quality

Growth mindset!
1% better every day!
Being kind to others!

Yeah, perfection is imposible but we can achieve a functional and acceptable result. The best we could with what we had.

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z2lai • Edited

Maybe you might benefit from reading the book "The subtle Art of not giving a f*ck" if you find yourself in a cycle of negativity and false positivity.

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z2lai

That's exactly how I feel. It's not just about working too much, but about all this negativity building up inside of me from everything you've said. Why aren't we and everyone around us just geniuses.

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José María CL

Haha yeah. Sounds funny when we say it in that way
Why aren't we and everyone around us just geniuses.

thanks a lot!