Death by project

There's nothing worse than a project where you end up being the de facto project manager simply and only because nobody else will step up. Even when it's part of their job to do so. The strong temptation is to just say "screw it, let the damn thing flounder" but of course that's not an option. That's not what your work ethic is all about. That's just not what you do.

I keep telling myself to just take pride in the fact that you dragged another one over the finish line, even if you did other people's jobs for them along the way. But those people get plenty of the credit that they don't deserve, over and over again. They don't get fired or laid off. They get promoted. How many times do you have to just take one for the team before it becomes tedious and boring?