I don’t care unless I’m drinking the Kool aid and actually really wanted the feature. If it’s not something I personally use: who cares? Bit of a bummer that feels like it was all for nothing, but ultimately I still got paid for that time and effort, which is all I’m really going for anyways.
👆 This. In my experience, I’ve seen a lot of developers get upset about “their code” not being used, time wasted, or someone else changing the code after the fact. Who cares? Once you commit that code, it’s no longer your code. It’s the company’s code. Your paycheck will reflect the same amount of money regardless — and if it doesn’t, you may want to find a better employer. 😅
It affected me a lot more in the beginning because I wanted the feel useful. It does feel good to see people use stuff you made, whether it’s code or a physical object.
But it’s happened to me enough times by now that I don’t even care anymore lol. Like you said, as long as I get paid. I try to get my fulfillment from projects outside of work now.
I dont care if the feature I’ve worked on gets canceled. The lost work is management’s problem, not mine; I still get paid the same.
I don’t care unless I’m drinking the Kool aid and actually really wanted the feature. If it’s not something I personally use: who cares? Bit of a bummer that feels like it was all for nothing, but ultimately I still got paid for that time and effort, which is all I’m really going for anyways.
That’s how I always felt about it. As long as I get paid, I don’t care what they do with the software.
👆 This. In my experience, I’ve seen a lot of developers get upset about “their code” not being used, time wasted, or someone else changing the code after the fact. Who cares? Once you commit that code, it’s no longer your code. It’s the company’s code. Your paycheck will reflect the same amount of money regardless — and if it doesn’t, you may want to find a better employer. 😅
bruh, the scenario you’re describing is meant to be “code shipped = bonus pay” not “code not shipped = less pay”
Both of those things are effectively exactly the same though
not really.
One guarantees you X, and you can earn +y, scaleable to (not really) infinity
the other starts you at x and you lose -y until you reach zero (not really, minimum wage)
When I’m at some corpo writing corpo crap, I don’t really care because I already got paid.
It took me so long to get this mentality down
I still take enjoyment from writing code well but I no longer give a shit what happens to it once it’s done
Prob half my projects were just my manager deciding we needed something on a whim and then never using it
It affected me a lot more in the beginning because I wanted the feel useful. It does feel good to see people use stuff you made, whether it’s code or a physical object.
But it’s happened to me enough times by now that I don’t even care anymore lol. Like you said, as long as I get paid. I try to get my fulfillment from projects outside of work now.
And we’ll get laid off anyways either it’s useful or not.
If I get to learn something then that’s a bonus.