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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

I'm not sure my Gleba factory could be considered good...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Ok, story time.

I'm a Sr swe, and because of some strange decisions by management, half my time or more is meetings where I've providing status updates on the project, or getting status updates on the project. I'm obviously expected to contribute to the project, but the only thing I get time to do is review code, test, and occasionally step in to help lesser experienced team members solve problems.

But the real problem? The project involves one of my key areas of interest in computer science, and I didn't have any involvement in designing the system. So I'm doing all of this work for a poorly designed system that I can point out all the limitations of it, can guide a work around, but because of the tech stack it literally will not be as effective as the customers dream of.

My lunch breaks and after work involve Factorio or Satisfactory where I have the power to do things right and fix when I need to. Without these games I probably would have lost my mind ages ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If you like Factorio and Satisfactory, I would highly recommend Dyson Sphere Program as well. The planets are tiny, but the factory is even more efficient once you upgrade to Interstellar Cargo Drones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

I have it, I haven't had time to start it yet. Once I get into space age or tier 9 I'll jump over to it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

I'm in a similar boat here. Classic Peter Principal in action. It sucks that management comes with higher pay. If I was making what I make now and just be an individual contributor I would totally go for that. I guess that's why they have to pay you to do it, because it's no fun.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah...
I'm currently on-site in a warehouse coding the control of some machines. Getting back to the hotel, tired as fuck, but hey, let's get into factorio!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not on site this time, but same. Done both controls and software side. Used to work for Dematic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Hey there! :⁠-⁠D

I'm self employed by now, but I'm currently here for Knapp ;⁠-⁠)