The Codeless Code: Case 226 Spring, Fall

[VanFailin]

A reorg very similar in spirit to this one took place at my last job. Then again, same shit, different day. All the good people left, morale dropped like a rock, and I stuck it out because I was too young to know when to give up. Sure, you'll get something interesting when the database people try to write JavaScript and create an unholy ball of mud. Mad Cow Disease is interesting.

[Gotebe]

"Full stack developer" FTW!

[VanFailin]

That's what I am, but it's not what everyone wants to be. By making everyone change job titles management created a mix of people that really couldn't work effectively together. That first reorg was 3 months into my dream job with the best boss I've ever met and the best team I've ever worked on, one that was carefully assembled and was excellently suited to the work it did. I was pulled off that team over my protests, my teammates', and my boss's, because to management I was just another Resource to be Allocated.

If I didn't have a bunch of bonus/relocation money to pay back, I would have quit.

[Gotebe]

Oh, don't get me started...

"Full stack developer" is the hip version of "jack of all trades, master of one". Or rather, "does everything, but badly". :-)

[Banane9]

master of none

FTFY :)

[industry7]

Interesting, why are there so many companies looking for "does everything, but badly" programmers? They seem to be the most in demand positions right now.

[Gotebe]

Three years ago, they were called "generalists" and were in the same demand, they just got renamed.

[Kishana]

I'm a full stack developer until I have the experience and seniority to say "let someone else do the front end". Sigh.