Middle management is also there to communicate both ways in order to manage expectations. Especially when the senior dev is busy as well. And ideally the first few weeks to months after onboarding are there for junior devs to train and to get comfortable with the new environment (programmatically and socially). I get a lot of anti-work vibes from Lemmy communities, and while I get that capitalism is bad and big corps are optimizing profits over the employees' well being, I also think that work doesn't necessarily have to suck. I mean, it's pretty neat when someone's good at a thing and gets paid for doing something they somewhat like and are good at 70% of the time.

If times are rough and you have to take what you can get, that's obviously shit, though..

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 15 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Apart from perhaps parenting, work is supposed to be the best, most fulfilling thing in life. The root crime of capitalism is alienation, the source from which every other of its more serious crimes flow.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

LinkedIn socialists unite!

edit I'm just being cheeky and sarcastic. Work should be fulfilling. I suspect it's easier when one deals with the tangible stuff like construction

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's the fact that you're not in control that is the main issue. You're working to fulfill someone else's vision for their benefit, not yours.

But yeah, the sitting still all day is another layer of unfulfilling.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago

Yes, that's a component for sure (although I've not really done private gigs before - most of my assignments have been government. In NZ it's still fairly small).

I do love a tight and small team that sticks together though, that can be really rewarding!

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That is the most privileged thing I have read in a long time.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Did you read Marx, or is it only privileged people who can read and/or have time for that in your mind?