I'm someone who' s productive so I get things done earlier than expected, so then I get time to rest. However, when the managers see me resting, they always think that I'm "not doing my job" or "idle" or "doing nothing" so they always ask me "what are you doing?" or "you've got things to do?".
From now on I will just pretend that every f*cking easy task is worth 1 week to do.

that's my secret

@rutee07 hah good one

I soooooooo do this.

Actually I've had my manager pull me up on "appearing to be doing nothing" which isn't hard since I generally smash through my tasks, or I'm waiting on deployments to occur (they can take about an hour... if all goes well)

@rutee07 😂make it faster.... no not that faster

It looks like you're new to all of this.. Don't worry, you'll develop skill of procrastinating with time 😅

Now you’re learning!

Very good young padawan.

Always remember, productivity is good, but you won't be rewarded for it. Your boss will just assume it as the norm, and if you have a bad day (even if you're still as productive as your colleagues), they'll think you're slacking.
So you're better off pacing yourself down a little.

Relevant xkcd is always applicable

Hehe

That's the beauty of this whole being paid for 40 hours sitting in a chair model. No matter how smart and effective you are sitting in that chair, you only will be paid for those 40 hours. (At most you can use your productivity to defend your next salary raise. Problem is, a developer's productivity is very hard to measure.) So don't burn yourself out. Work steady, but don't stretch yourself too much.

You appear to be that guy who would benefit strongly by a bonus plan, where you have a ground salary and make some extra contracts: "If I finish <a task> within <time frame> I get <X> cash extra."

So maybe try to negotiate something on that front.

@k0pernikus
Might be a good idea, but it depends a lot on what country he's in.
Where I live (Belgium), this isn't done a lot as far as I know. Usually, companies will pay a bonus to a consultancy firm doing a project for them if it's delivered on time. But I haven't heard of developers getting rewarded that much.

So if you're in a similar country, going freelance might be a better idea (at least when you have some experience).

@HisAxelency It depends on the company's culture. Here in Germany it's somewhat common for some companies to have a model of 90% fixed salary, 10% flexible depending on your performance. (It's then sometimes borderline insane how much time is spent on reviewing your performance, over the actual amount your are getting.)

Then, other companies offer an extra month's worth of salary depending if the company reached their yearly goal. That's also a nice thing to get people to work towards a common goal.

Though: It sometimes is also a cheap ploy to get people to do unpaid overtime. (Like offering breakfast if your in office before 9am and pizza if your in office after 8pm.)

That being said: I never worked in such a model. I have a fixed contract. I only was proposed the 90%-10% model during an interview, and then I used that information to make their 90% my 100% when stating how much I wanted to earn. I rejected the offer due to different reasons.

story of my life. Now I drag the work intentionally and push things to git when their time has come.

I'd just quit if management were pissing me off that much. It isn't hard to find new roles (depends where you live though I guess).

Don’t waste your time and set right OKRs and get yourself new objectives without pretending to work