Yes! I’ll add on—endless requests from the suits to account for every task in a way that fits into one of their stupid (and usually new) buckets. Random 11th hour emergencies from poorly-vetted implementations. Having to fight leads and PMs of other teams to take ownership of or be flexible about _anything_. Tasks that are more about optics and saving face than about making anything better. Architects who “don’t write code anymore” but expect to be able to dictate how others approach the craft.
Comments
Yes! I’ll add on—endless requests from the suits to account for every task in a way that fits into one of their stupid (and usually new) buckets. Random 11th hour emergencies from poorly-vetted implementations. Having to fight leads and PMs of other teams to take ownership of or be flexible about _anything_. Tasks that are more about optics and saving face than about making anything better. Architects who “don’t write code anymore” but expect to be able to dictate how others approach the craft.
They are called staff engineers now. Highly paid, but can't save the services when on-call.