Have you ever felt misused just because you can do things fast?

I've faced this recurring problem with my PM.
It has got to a point where she would just change requirements multiple times a day just because

" this is a quick thing"
"the code for this should be small"
"try and see how it works"
"I too have coded in the past"

The best part is, anything that works was her idea. And anything that doesn't was built by Dev team.

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Office politics sucks man, but it is what it is. Your PM comes across as very insecure, possibly due to issues with management. You sound like you want more recognition for your work. My advice is to think long term, if you want to stay with your current employer then you need to get on the PM's good side and make her feel like she is the best. If, on the other hand, you're thinking of moving, just put up with it until you get a better opportunity. It's a jungle out there, survival is not for the strongest or the fittest, it's for those who adapt the quickest. I stopped expecting recognition a long time ago. Your reward for good work will almost always be "more work". Good luck and stay strong!

@ymas great advice!

I have faced this for one year. I used to code quick and efficient and as a result everything used to seem smooth to my manager. This is not good. In the end I didn’t get a good rating because from the PM’s perspective everything was easy and smooth and this was expected from me. I learned from this and adapted. Next year, I started to project things to my PM from my perspective. Every time there was change in requirements or new requirement I used to give a little high estimate and then to be asked why I used to say that it is not easy but complex to code and test even though it was not that complex. I hope you get the drift here. You need to project that you are doing something and it isn’t easy. You think it is easy because you are good at it but to your employer it is what you project it as and for them you are getting the job done and they should be able to measure your effort and “see” your effort! That is what they judge you on.

Oh yeah. Definitely. Previous employer hired some outsourced Indian devs that basically did the quickest, dirtiest, hackiest “solution” they could.

As a result they were seen to deliver results.

I was then held up to their “standards” for timely delivery.

Raising concerns about future proofing, security, safety etc fell on entirely deaf ears.