Dev spent a quarter saying "I'm on it" with nothing to show for it
cto_junior · x · 2026-09-20
ctojunior recounts wasting a quarter: weekly standups were just "I'm on it," commits existed but no product progress. He dove in with minimal context, ADHD pushing him to zero-shot the whole build before validating usefulness. When his lead nudged him to present, fear made him solve an even harder problem first, convoluting the work instead of showing what he had.
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