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First of all: adding "features" isn't going to happen obviously. Even silly little things that don't do anything can at beast cause a lot of trouble for me and at worst might even end in a lawsuit for all I know. It's just the nature of the economy where people really want to protect what's theirs. Fun fact: as a mere developer you don't actually own the source code you produce. It belongs to the company you work for.
The problem with ill suited is that in contrast to that I actually don't know what even suits me. Been asking that question for decades...tbh. I still wonder if I'm the problem here. Is it because I don't fit into the system they work under? They are really nice people and all, but the entire work ethic is based off of logic. This obviously makes sense for software development (and makes me question if I'm just not a logic person). But even the way how people interact is very logic driven, my boss being pretty much the prime example of that.
Now, the scary thing about that is that this might even be normal in the economy, so even if I were to change jobs chances are, things would be the same, probably even worse.
The answer of me being the problem is kinda obvious as it seems to me. ^^"
Doing something else is also fairly hard considering that my office is the one my boss likes to enter quite frequently. I'm the only dev who actually has to share the room with another one. And that one really likes doing his own things which my boss hates and which usually results in them discussing for hours.
Also, me being very quiet, my boss also really loves checking what I'm doing; especially if I haven't delivered for a day or two. ^^"
Don't recall mentioning adding anything to source code, but ok. Wouldn't recommend tempering with work you produce for a company no.
Edit: nvm that was in the post I quoted lol.
Figuring out what suits you/what you actually wanna do is something a lot of people probably struggle with. A lot of people have a job just to be able to pay the bills rather than doing it because they like that job too.
I've never really had any dreams or aspirations. Not even ridiculous childhood ones like 'I wanna be a cowboy or astronaut'. After a couple tries I found a job I actually liked doing. Is this something I've always wanted to do? Nope, never even expected I'd like doing this. The pay is rubbish (scraping by really), but I go to work happy everyday and the hours usually fly by.
(Though I can be cranky afterward if it was a long hard day and I can feel my back in pain xD)
On a side note; it's probably a bad idea to do any job switching at all atm. Covid measures killed off a lot of businesses here.
Sounds like your 'roommate' is a hinder for any kind of personal relaxation/escapism yea. Do you get along with that person at least?
Not really sure what else to add. I feel like there's something I want to add, but I can't seem to get my thoughts straight.
I do hope you can find something to make things more bearable though =)
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Good morning friends! What's new?
Same old, Same old for me.
I don't have a very exciting life =p
Whats new for you though? =3
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forgot to count xD