Hi all..<p>I'm an engineer for a large software company.<p>Lately I was promoted to "not a developer neither a team lead".<p>They hired someone else to lead the team I'm in. Someone that is clearly lagging behind me in technical aspects.<p>Now, what is really bothering me is that my lead and the people on top of her are keeping me at the shadows. They don't invite me on meetings. The fuckers don't even eat with me.<p>So, What about trying to win this game with the help of technology?<p>What about setting up a spy mic on all of the conferences room sending all the sound via gsm, wifi or something else?<p>I'm probably not going to be one step ahead but the game is going to be more balanced.<p>What do you guys think about it?
Anyone did this?<p>Thanks.
Take a step back, man. This is a very dark, negative path you're contemplating. It doesn't make you a bad person to have these kinds of thoughts (it's part of our neurobiology, basically). But please don't act on them.<p>Rather, accept the fact that you're basically being blackballed (look up the term if you're not familiar with it), and that these are the preliminary signs that you're about to be fired.<p>Whether you deserve it (or even partially deserve it) or not doesn't matter (very much) at this stage. These things happen. What does matter is that you accept the rejection <i>gracefully</i> rather than look for ways to fight against it. Which (if they're of the form you're contemplating) might very well backfire.
While this is indeed the most rational and emotionally intelligent course of action in the wake of your recent professional disappointment, have you accounted for the possibility that you're too stupid to pull it off?