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Do You Like Your Job?

G-shock asks: "I've worked for the government (NASA), large public companies, and small startups as a software engineer. They all have something in common. It seems like management at this company is just winging it. I find myself putting all my energy, both mental and emotional, into a project only to be disappointed by decisions made by management. I really feel like management at my current employer is disconnected from what is actually going on. They manage a project, but not the people. They also seem to lack any real vision. Direction is constantly changing and proper time is not given to engineer these changes correctly. This leads to mandated quick and dirty solutions that end up being maintained with great pain for long periods of time. All this leads to me feeling cynical about the work I'm doing. What I want to know is, how can I feel good about the work I'm doing if I don't have confidence in my management? How many of you are happy with your management? Why? Why not? What can I do about this? Thanks in advance for your insight." Considering that this seems to be a common problem in technology companies, and seeing as we have been producing software for basically half a century, do you think that managing software projects is a different beast than the management of anything else? How many of you have had this problem in your career and what did you do to adjust?

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  1. First Post! by richieb · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hey, FP! Actually I'm happy with my immediate manager...

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    ...richie - It is a good day to code.
    1. Re:First Post! by linzeal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      First post is spelled, "Frisdt PRost !!!" Nice try though.

  2. Do you have an interesting job? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So fucking what!

    Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton, I've been to Eastbourne too.
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    And I've drunk that, I've drunk this,
    I've spewed up on a pint of piss.
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    I've had scank, I've had speed,
    I've jacked up until I bleed.
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    Well, who cares, who cares what you do.
    Yeah, who cares, who cares about you, you, you, you, you, you.

    I've had crabs, I've had lice,
    I've had the clap and that ain't nice.
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    I fucked this, I fucked that,
    I've even fucked a school girl's twat.
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    So fucking what! Yeah!

  3. If you don't like your job - start a company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Stop complaining about why everyone else's management sucks and start your own company and put your views to the test.

    1. Re:If you don't like your job - start a company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, they won't do that, because it would require finance, accouting, marketing, legal, and other knowledge. It is much easier to proclaim your superiority over all these other people who "just don't get it" than to deal with the way things are.

    2. Re:If you don't like your job - start a company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Or, in other words, it would simply take some guts and confidence in your abilities.

    3. Re:If you don't like your job - start a company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, and a desire to learn things you don't currently know. Here is an example of what I was talking about.

  4. allow me the honors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha

    This is hilarious.

  5. Re:Do I like my job? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, you need to take a break and chill out. Go fuck your wife or something!

  6. You are stupid fuck. by Axe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .and I have enough Karma for a dozen of stupid moronic fucks like you.

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    1. Re:You are stupid fuck. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Oh, are you getting angsty, you little pissant? For your edification, asslick, I am not the same AC that posted in your trainwreck of a thread, but I concur wholeheartedly with his assessment.

      You are a pathetic excuse for a human being. Your shortcomings are obvious in the three "posts" of yours that I have read, and you blame others' for them.

      In conclusion, feel free to suck cocks on the street corner to make the rent money. Asshat.

  7. Sounds like you work for Aether Systems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    :P

  8. Re:Do I like my job? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So I take it that's a no.
    Calm down man, he's just asking if you like your job.

  9. Ninety-eight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ninety-eight bodies in Georgia is all,
    Ninety-eight bodies in Ga.
    Ground up some cement,
    To the kinfolk, present.
    Ninety-nine bodies in Georgia is all.

    102 comments and not a single one modded down! Get with it Moderators, you're slacking!

    1. Re:Ninety-eight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hey, somebody mod this up (+5 Fucking Hilarious), I just blew beer all over my screen!

  10. Re:I LOVE my job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get a fucking job, you scrounging fleabag.

  11. Re:Do I like my job? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck your wife? What a dreadful thought! Try this instead!

  12. Re:Here's the root problem and solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what the fuck is a commerce graduate?

  13. Re:Attitude adjustment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    best post ever on /.

    made my day

  14. Re:Tower of Babel. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Gods of Slashdot also created editable sig lines so you can change horribly out-of-date sigs

  15. Re:I gotta be honest... by NecroPuppy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    9 months, Columbia, South Carolina.

    The last company I worked for just declared bankruptcy....

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  16. Re:I gotta be honest... by owenc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, on a 4 point scale. Many high schools allow for A's in Advanced Placement courses to count as a 5 instead of a 4, because they are much tougher classes (ostensibly) than the courses taken by "regular" students. That way it is possible to also get a >4 GPA.

  17. Re:Sigh. If only I'd known then. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My job is sucking dick. I'm a "little pony boy" they call me.

    My masters keep me naked and chained up in the basement all day, which is okay except when they leave me hanging by my feet or chained stretched out on the floor, but every night Jon comes down and treats me to his big, juicy dick! It's fun! Kneeling, sucking, wearing handcuffs and leg irons, having cum blasted all over my face five, sometimes six, times a night... pure pleasure! If I'm a really good little boy, Jon will invite his friends Rob, Jeff, Michael and Timothy over and they all blow in my face! I love having my little body covered in thick, sticky goo!

    Sometimes Jeff bends over and lets me give it to him in the ass with my tiny cock (ohhh how that feels good), but most of the time they just make me masturbate in front of them. It's still fun, especially watching Michael and Timothy licking the mess we make off the floor!

    I seriously recommend that any men between 8 and 14 that love sucking dick, getting chained up, and being treated like a little girl even though you're a little boy, consider a job in the field of dicksucking! Of course you have to be willing to take a lot of pain and "discipline" -- beatings, whippings, hanging by various body parts, ass-reamings, being burned by candle wax, and being chained in a dirty basement with spiders and rats all over you, are just some of the downsides to this job. But the daily meals of pure, yummy man cum more than makes up for it!

    Caution! Never get involved with dicksucking if your master has a "girlfriend!" Rob doesn't like people knowing he's really a pedo and into lil boys like me, so he sometimes brings this girl named Kathleen along. But all she ever does is tie me up and beat me after I suck Rob's dick! Being beaten by the guys is bad enough, at least I get to suck cock after! But all she ever does is torture me!!

    -- Jon K's lil pony boy

  18. Question on Job Experience by ABT2001 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm currently enjoying my job but being an entry level personnel, I feel that being in the bottom does suck but since I've only graduated from my university close to 2 years that you have to start somewhere.

    My questions to those people who have a longer job experience, let's say more than 5 years or experience and are above entry-level status.

    Let's say hypothethically you work for a company for 1 year and they feel that they don't like your work progress, and get fired. The reason, let's say is that the company feels you are too slow. Would you as the person, include that company on your resume when looking for a new job or what do you all suggest? In addition, let's say this job you got fired from was your first job and your only previous work experience is some part-time jobs in college related to your job field.


    I'm just curious what you people would do in this situation. Thanks in advance.

  19. Re:Anyone else find it funny... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We all know you just wanted to sit her down in her
    big, cush, executive chair, lift her legs up by her
    ears, and proceed to pound her mercilessly with your
    enraged love muscle.

    Don't lie