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Originally Posted by jmakin
Yea it’s a completely miserable job that’s probably about to become more miserable, but everyone that says I should find a new job I immediately dismiss because I have an opportunity that’s really unique, so I’m staying on this ship for a while I think.
My first two non-SAS programming jobs:
1) Psychotic spin-off "startup" which I think was literally just stealing money from the parent company. Boss used to routinely make the women who worked there cry. I always describe him as a cross between Captain Bligh and Mr. Smith from Lost in Space. Mostly he just sat in his office all day blaring ****ty 70s songs he downloaded off Napster. Nobody had any clue what they were doing and the product was complete dog****.
My first day on the job I went out for sushi with 3 of the top devs and the DBA. They told one horror story about the boss after another. First ****ing day, on a job I moved from SF to LA for and literally drove down to start that morning. I was like WTF did I just do?
But I learned enough Java to jump ship after 4 months to:
2) Big healthcare company. I joined a team of Powerbuilder devs on their 3rd strike of trying to build a J2EE web app - and I'm the big savior with my 4 months of Java experience. The boss was a drunk who would come in Monday morning like a black cloud of doom. At one point she was actively trying to get us all fired or to quit. I still have no idea why.
But somehow we persevered and built a product that was a huge home run within the company. After that we could pretty much write our own tickets. Black cloud boss left, replaced by super chill boss on the East Coast who was gone by 3pm our time every day. Our stress levels went from 100 to 0 overnight.
Yeah your instincts are probably right to hang in there as long as you can. You'll know when it's time to jump ship. But seriously - take on all the DevOps you can, especially since you like it anyway. You will thank yourself.
Last edited by suzzer99; 08-31-2018 at 10:24 PM.