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Can I list this experience? Will it look bad?

I am an entry level programmer in a software shop, or whatever they are called. I was given no mentorship on the task I have done. Not even proper documentation and it seems management is passing me around. What I mean by that is that the task I work on no one has ideas about since it seems the last guy who was responsible left. He was a senior though and it seems that I might have been too eager to find a job. Now I am being tasked for things a senior would do but I have the entry pay and knowledge and skill set. 2 months experience...

I am going to design a whole system from scratch and they have not read anything on it. From networking to applications to fees to compliance requirements. Oh the great part is they want it soon, no pressure, but we have to start certification within a tight deadline. This is a great opportunity and maybe a dumpster fire waiting to start. I will gain so much real experience but they are taking a great risk. It seems that is throughout their code and infrastructure though.

I plan to leave after the project. I also will document and hopefully they start reviewing my stuff to catch my incompetence. Not on purpose but from pressure and inexperience, which I hate cause I was excited at first.

I plan to stick the year or until Covid strips work-from-home, cause they are bit “old school”. I will begin my job search as well. I just know I will burn out long term and the money and package is shit.

Do I list them if I leave earlier but finish the project?

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  • 3
    4y
    I don't see any reason not to.

    If you're asked you just tell them that you worked at a place that had limited resources and a lot of "ambition".

    You worked independently, learned a lot of new things (how to do things, how not to, why they don't work).

    I suspect A LOT of jobs really don't provide people as much support as they should, so while you might be in an extreme situation... it's not that different.
  • 1
    4y
    @N00bPancakes true, jobs a job end of the day.

    However, I do not want to relocate for this job. I have enough time to search for a job and find a better location. Maybe even a better package now that I have some good income in the process.
  • 3
    4y
    Job is not just a job for everyone. It's ok to care about your profession. If no one did the world would be even more of a toilet.

    Anyway - abandon ship! Leaving you to do all this alone shows gross incompetence on their part. As much as you are likely to ever see.
  • 0
    4y
    This sounds like a law suit waiting to happen.

    This is NOT the kind of work you throw at a junior.

    I'm with @craig939393, this lot don't deserve to be in business, and when you fail to meet this deadline, and I know you will, you will be the one they come after and make work 7 days a week until you deliver all this.

    Not a great start for a junior m, so yea, throw this on your resume as previous experience if you're willing to understand what burnout is early in your career.
  • 0
    4y
    @LostDevLearning

    It's totally ok to list a job on your resume and when talking about it at an interview talk about what you learned. Try to present them as challenges and less of a rant about how much they suck ;)

    But you can always talk about what you learned, how you learned that doing things X, Y, Z way is the way to go and about how that place doesn't and so forth.
  • 0
    4y
    @craig939393 I want to take pride in my work which is why I will likely jump ship. This is what I was given though and I need the money for the time being. It is the type of work I want, just not how I want it. At least as a junior long-term. My biggest fear is stagnation at the moment and I see it happening here.

    @C0D4 I will hopefully have enough saved up by then. If not, this is type of fire-to-ass needed to get me to start looking after myself. My imposter syndrome had me feeling down this past year and that I should be grateful to even work.
  • 0
    4y
    @AtuM maybe I’m the guy but I don’t want to be.
  • 0
    4y
    @C0D4 you were right. I didn’t burn out but I feel it coming so I gave my notice and looking elsewhere. Thank you.
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