It has been almost a year since I last wrote on this blog. It was primarily due to being bogged down trying to get to a senior software engineer position (which I did, by the way) and not having time to reflect on where I am and what I wish to achieve.

I am still working at Meta, however, my team has been reorganised again, and my manager has changed. My previous manager switched teams by the end of the year to move on to an opportunity that felt more exciting to him.

I was quite lost at that time as I was working towards my promo case, and a manager switch made me question whether it would impact my promo discussions.

However, since the re-org, it has been 3-4 months and I have realised that I am not growing at all in my current role. I feel like I am stagnating. The feeling of stagnation comes from both my lack of technical growth and my lack of motivation. The new area my team has been reorganised into simply doesn't excite me a lot. It is very weird to me, as I always believed that I could put my head down and try to push my way through monotonous and boring work.

In my realm, however, I have started going to the gym. It does help me in improving my mental and physical state. I also gained 10 kg of fat and have lost it all now. My MA graduation is also scheduled to happen tomorrow, and I will get to meet a lot of my friends from university days. It will be good to catch up with them. A part of me also however, is worried about how much we may have drifted apart since graduating. Hell, by my 4th year, I was hardly seeing anyone from my college in any of the courses. I think I also did a very bad job of keeping in touch with people, and it will probably show up in the awkward conversations tomorrow.

I have ranted a lot, and will end it here. For some reason, writing does help me rant and feel better.