Software engineer progression
Wasn’t particularly sure of where to ask this but has anyone else been through a wave of burnout + imposter syndrome + aimlessness and more? I joined a big tech company mid last year (can’t say which one but I’m sure you can figure it out if you’re really interested) and I just don’t know where to go from here. If anyone else has gone through this I’d love to learn about your experience and if you’ve gotten out of this ‘rut’ and how?
Here’s what I’ve tried (but failed at miserably)
1. Building side projects - as soon as I start something I end up dropping it within the first 2 weeks because it gets too complicated too convoluted or too messy
2. Then I think I need to learn about some technical stuff so I go off and try doing a course, like a next js course tutorial or something
3. Then I realize a course won’t do much so I go solely focus on my job and try to move up the ladder there but the progression seems very vague (I have to “own a piece of tech” and “demonstrate my knowledge”)
4. So I go off and try to do another project (back to step 1) and then the cycle repeats itself
To any of the experienced devs who’ve been doing this for longer than I have, is this normal? How did you get out of this? What pushed you in the right direction?
Here’s what I’ve tried (but failed at miserably)
1. Building side projects - as soon as I start something I end up dropping it within the first 2 weeks because it gets too complicated too convoluted or too messy
2. Then I think I need to learn about some technical stuff so I go off and try doing a course, like a next js course tutorial or something
3. Then I realize a course won’t do much so I go solely focus on my job and try to move up the ladder there but the progression seems very vague (I have to “own a piece of tech” and “demonstrate my knowledge”)
4. So I go off and try to do another project (back to step 1) and then the cycle repeats itself
To any of the experienced devs who’ve been doing this for longer than I have, is this normal? How did you get out of this? What pushed you in the right direction?
