The founder of a startup incubator and IT marketer Georgy Rysak told Threads an interesting work story about a developer who, having forgotten to turn off his microphone, «burned out» while working on several projects in parallel.
The founder of a startup incubator and IT marketer Georgy Rysak told Threads an interesting work story about a developer who, having forgotten to turn off his microphone, «burned out» while working on several projects in parallel.
«Team call. Status updates. A normal workday. A developer shares progress on tasks… Only the tasks are not from our project. And not even from our company. I just forgot to turn off the microphone in the tab with our meeting. That’s multitasking,» he said .
The developer, according to Georgy, was later fired because the results of the current project were unsatisfactory enough to allow him to work somewhere else.
«I wonder how often similar stories happen among developers now? Maybe this is the new 'norm' in the world of remote work?» the specialist asked.
In the comments, IT users are actively sharing their impressions of such a story.
«I honestly envy such people, sometimes I get stuck on one project, if I don’t get stuck on it, then I don’t have the strength or desire for another one… And someone works on two or three,» writes developer Olga Gondzio .
«Someone had two jobs, and it’s hard to find one here,» notes Java Script developer Yevgen, nicknamed eubabugenlet.
«In English, there is even a term for this ‘moonlighting’. Or there is also ‘quiet quitting’, which is also an interesting thing,» writes IT user Dmytro with the nickname itcries.
Alexander with the nickname kovcheq notes: « Yes, it’s cool to solve problems within different niches. After work tasks, when I’m in the mood, I work on solo projects and monetize them. New experience and knowledge like. Fun.»
Python developer and teacher Hanna Pyleva comments on the situation as follows: «This is a kind of 'parallel reality of the developer'. In the course, we talk about the risks of remote work — including the fact that concentration is dispersed between several employers. But this is definitely not the norm if it is not spelled out transparently.»
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