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Discussion on: What is the hardest part of your job?

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Jose Manuel

Not having a leader in a company where only 10x engineers are retained. It's my first job, had to implement a full stack application from zero, not having mentories and not know if doing right exhaust me.

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invot

10x anything is a scam. Nobody is 10x.

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Jose Manuel

Maybe is just work overtime all the time..

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Pranjal

10x not in the sense that devs are themselves productive but in the sense that they are required to meet ridiculous deadlines day-in and day-out.

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invot

That and they brag about the abuse they endure. Most toxic trend in the industry since the whole "need ten years experience with HTML5" three years after it came out.

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imad

I had exactly the same problem in my previous job (it was my first job also), not having mentors and good project managers is a hell

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Pranjal

I work in a startup and I can relate so much to this!