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I find myself currently in a very simular situation.
You add great stuff and trying to start discussions, conversations and so on and it seems like no one replies or even notices.
For my part i am currently applying to different jobs and try to find some better place for me.
I dont know if this is a way for you too or maybe its just the feeling of devs in general. But this is my first real fulltime job so yeah thats just my two cents. -
You can always chat / rant here.
Yeah, does not fix the situation, but idk, think of it as the "rant" department.
And do not try to hard to make those coworkers to talk, If they do not see the person you are they can go to hell, or be a bit like "... what, sudenly everyone forget how to type? That could explain why I have so much stuff to fix for you"
I undestand how the situation is burning you (I too was there), but you need to apply a bit of comedy to the situation! Or search a new job (Is not so bad either) -
That's quite a harsh situation.
I understand your job is remote, and thus all chats are online, right?
Do you have ANYONE with whom you can have some private talk? Maybe your boss? You could try asking them if they think you're being weird or whatever they guess is the reason why you're ignored.
Of course they can simply dismiss it and make you think it's "just your view", but if that happens and nothing changes... well, the market is still open amidst all the pandemic. :) -
@bonegarden If I'm being honest, most everything except talking. They know the codebase better, and know each other better. But honestly they all kind of suck as devs; they write semi-awful, overcomplicated code that often doesn't age or scale well. But they treat me like a very green newbie because I'm new. Fair, but it's frustrating.
The two best devs are decent, but still guilty of the same.
My job feels (and acts) like a soulless void.
Wow, that sounds like lyrics to an emo song for adults. screw that.
But it's still pretty accurate: While I have quite a few coworkers, and they're at least somewhat chatty, they never seem to respond to me, or even notice me. I see them talking, but anything I do or say gets ignored. It goes into the void and disappears.
I talk in the off-topic channels. People talk around me.
I make comments on releases. No responses.
I talk about music I've been addicted to. No responses.
I talk about food and cooking -- a popular topic at work. No responses.
I respond to an invitation to join the security team. No responses. (well, an empty deferral)
I release various features, some both my boss and a coworker described as "soul-crushing." No thanks, priase, appreciation; honestly, no one even seemed to notice.
I build useful utilities and functions for other devs to use. Nothing.
I optimize the scripts everyone uses on a daily basis, and mention it to others. Still nothing.
The void eats my efforts, and occasionally spits out parcels of work for me to do. The only responses I recieve from the void are when I ask about its parcels of work. When I send them back completed, nothing happens -- unless they need more work. If they do not... nothing.
My previous job was friendly and nice and rewarding.
The job before that was Hell.
This one feels like Purgatory, but ... somehow emptier.
rant
this doesn't help my burnout
this doesn't help anything.
the void
this doesn't help my depression