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Declining job motivation and perceived devaluation of software engineering

🧭 worksocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 3/5

A software engineer at a large company reports feeling demotivated due to executive apathy, increased workload demands, and a perceived decline in career advancement opportunities for engineering roles.

Who's affected: The reporter, a software engineer at a large company.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A peer-led community platform for engineers to anonymously share and benchmark promotion and compensation data across specific tech firms.
  2. A professional advocacy group that provides resources for engineers to quantify their output and communicate value to non-technical leadership.
  3. A mentorship program connecting senior engineers with leadership training to help them bridge the communication gap with executive management.
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Real voices

“we are working harder and yet getting no rewards. Checking our internal promotion stats, the #s are down by margin that makes me cry”

Source: Hacker News

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