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My boss has this habit of telling me what to do, followed by "thats easy" and "it should take you about <half the time it actually takes to do it barely okeish>"

My boss does not code and whenever I try to explain why stuff takes as long as it does he replies with, thats technical, I don't want to know...

Quiting my job at the end of the week : )

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  • 0
    @g-m-f sadly I don't but this is a weekly renewed temp contract that will end once the project is finished (or one of us choses to not renew on monday). The catch 22 is that I work 46 ish hours (and get paid 40) and don't have any time off to find a new job.
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    Boss cuts the estimate by half, if you ask a coder to give you an estimate, multiply it by 3 to get realistic estimation 😀
  • 9
    I'm with @cahva in this one. A previous boss (both an engineer and developer) always said "Multiply your estimate by Pi."

    He's a smart man... mainly 'cause he got it!
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    And good on you for quitting! 😎
  • 2
    Applying for a job when you have a job makes you more enticing to employers. But either way good luck and keep us informed.
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    if you could actually do that, eventually, you would become boss, perhaps would tell the same to your employees but half the time it took you
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    Agree with @Jumpshot44. Just start the interview process. A dev would be lucky to land a job on the first interview. It should take a couple of weeks to get a new gig. Meantime, take your anger/frustration out on a punching bag/stress ball/treadmill. 😝
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    @youprat or a devrant stress ball. so squishy
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    thnx @GinjaNinja @Jumpshot44 @youprat and others for the feedback.

    After working almost 12 hours where the last 4 were unpaid and spend fucking up css (My job is backend mostly) with my boss sitting next to me changing his mind every 2 seconds (literaly) about text and colors and layout (after agreeing to the design a month ago, what a monument to compromise this has become) , I have decided that this bridge must be burned, maybe even bombed or nuked perhaps.

    2 more days and I can leave without notice (lack of job security has its upsides). Maybe Ill link to devrant in my resignation letter.

    to be continued....
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    @stevenliemberg All the best!
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