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Title: The Dark Project Trap ๐ฏ๏ธ
There is a specific type of burnout that comes from "Dark Project" work. dark project software work
This is the work that isn't on the sprint. It isn't in the budget. It will never be praised in a quarterly review. It is the invisible labor of fixing the mess made by previous deadlines.
Developers often self-initiate dark projects. We see a mess, and we clean it up on our own time because we take pride in our craft. We refactor the "spaghetti code" while management thinks we are just "adding a button." Example: Title: The Dark Project Trap ๐ฏ๏ธ There
But here is the hard truth: If you are doing work in the dark, you are setting yourself up for failure.
To the devs: Stop being martyrs. If the code is bad, advocate for time to fix it officially. If you can't get the time, don't fix it in secret. Let the process fail so the process can be fixed. To the devs: Stop being martyrs
To the managers: If your velocity is high but your bugs are rising, your team is probably working on a dark project. Ask them what they are hiding.
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