Just started a new job as a software developer, even though I basically applied as an embedded software developer. I knew from the interview there was gonna be alot of legacy / high level stuff and they were pushing me away from embedded with the promise I could do it 'later on'.

Finally started and it turns out there's a shit tonne of legacy Python code for their non-existent test framework that's basically tied directly into a Qt GUI app and I'm doing shit that nobody else wants to do. Can't see myself wanting to do this for anywhere more than 2-3 months. Should I just bail now? Seems a bit dodgy if I leave having only worked there for a week? Job actually pays really well though.

Plan was to take an extended vacation around July/August, so quitting this early and then telling another employer later on that I need to bail for summer seems wrong also, not to mention COVID sucks and is making everything hell now.

Lol, die

The shitty hard code nobody else wants pays the best.

Be the hero for these mother fuckers.

@HiFiWiFiSciFi true that

> Should I just bail now?

Yes, if you feel this is a dead end and can manage leaving immediately.

> Seems a bit dodgy if I leave having only worked there for a week?

Not at all. You don't owe them anything. Be courteous and professional, tell them this wasn't what you were expecting and don't think you're a good fit for the position (or vice versa), and leave. They aren't friends or family, it's a business transaction ultimately.

> quitting this early and then telling another employer later on that I need to bail for summer seems wrong also

Only if those new employers are unreasonable idiots.

"So why the sudden break last year after just a few weeks on the job?"
"Well, the people were great but ultimately the job position wasn't accurately advertised; I got into work and I was doing thing completely unrelated to what I interviewed for or what I was told I would be doing. It just wasn't a good fit, and I knew I wouldn't be happy and didn't want to waste their time or money."

Any reasonable person is going to understand this. If they don't, then maybe it's good that they deny you - you probably don't want to be working for them anyway.

If they pay well I wouldn't jump off so quickly during covid times

Yeah the work probably sucks, but see it this way: in about 2 months you're the only person to actually know how that legacy software works

@LotsOfCaffeine and then you'll never get rid of it

@electrineer well yes but the company won't be able to get rid of you either

@LotsOfCaffeine sucks if you don't like the job to begin with

@electrineer I mean yeah of course I wouldn't want to be in that position

my point is, right now during covid-19, a job you don't like but which is safe and pays decently is worth a lot

One of the best paying jobs I've ever had was working with classic ASP with VBScript and Delphi. Both tools that would be considered a dead end on one hand and not something worth investing on the other.

I loved every second of it. Opened doors across the city because of the company that I was providing services too has a lot of networking among industry and allowed me to appreciate all modern ways of development by a long shot.

I say stick with it and make the best out of it, like @HiFiWiFiSciFi mentioned, be the hero for these mfkers. You get to leave because you really don't owe them anything, or you get to advise and change things to yout liking if you earn their trust.

To me, you are in a good and unique position and I would make that shit my own man.

But do follow your gut on this.

This post gives me strange vibes. Did they put a strange emphasis on being "the best" in the position ads? My programmer sense is tingling hard.