Toxic Feature Factory, blindly obsessed with AI
Toxic Feature Factory, blindly obsessed with AI
The compensation is the only good part of this job.
- headlong rush to shoehorn AI into everything, despite protests and very good reasons to avoid this.
- cutthroat quarterly review cycle.
- required "stack ranking" -- 15% of us must get "low performance".
- feature factory with no regard for tech debt or platform stability.
- individual bosses have an outsized influence on your ability to succeed and get promoted.
- middle management pushes foolish pet projects forward without regard to team capacity or best practices.
- morale is low, and management really doesn't care.
Retire. Let your employees do what they do best and get out of the way.
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United StatesJanuary 1, 2022I was interviewed for a mobile developer position. The interview was very general, with no opportunities to showcase competency in the related field. The next stage was to complete a take-home project. I submitted a project that met the requiremen
