> Though you are fixing bugs, are you playing an essential role? If you quit, would they hire someone else to fix these bugs?
There's an entire department for this, 'sustaining'. I'm not sure what you mean by taking on more responsibilities; I thought I was at work, taking notes during code walkthroughs (they're never any good), running meetings. I can't really solve any more bugs faster, even the hard ones. I don't know how to make myself indispensable. They mentioned in my annual performance review that I need improvement on 'innovation' but I don't even know what that means.
My skills at fixing bugs varies. They're usually horrible, I guess. I've been there for a year and I still don't u nderstand the code base, really; I get jerked back and forth all over it. I can't remember any of it. The programmers look at me with contempt, now.
It's certainly possible that I'm some how 'lazy', though my initial reaction to you accusing me of sloth was mis-taken, I hope. I don't know how to read large complex code. Everytime I make a change it's always WRONG. I'm getting more hysterical the more stressed I get. I don't know what to do.
There's an entire department for this, 'sustaining'. I'm not sure what you mean by taking on more responsibilities; I thought I was at work, taking notes during code walkthroughs (they're never any good), running meetings. I can't really solve any more bugs faster, even the hard ones. I don't know how to make myself indispensable. They mentioned in my annual performance review that I need improvement on 'innovation' but I don't even know what that means.
My skills at fixing bugs varies. They're usually horrible, I guess. I've been there for a year and I still don't u nderstand the code base, really; I get jerked back and forth all over it. I can't remember any of it. The programmers look at me with contempt, now.
It's certainly possible that I'm some how 'lazy', though my initial reaction to you accusing me of sloth was mis-taken, I hope. I don't know how to read large complex code. Everytime I make a change it's always WRONG. I'm getting more hysterical the more stressed I get. I don't know what to do.