1. Apply to a position above your experience level with a company you don't give a shit about. Lie on your resume. Lie in the interview. Use fake references. The whole 9.

2. Fly under the radar until you have the actual experience to satisfy the job requirement.

3. Apply to that same position at a company that actually looks decent; this time don't lie.

Low risk first steps (worse case scenario 1st company sees through the lie and you burn a bridge you don't actually give a shit about; try again with another), job security with the keeper.

I work as hard as they pay me, which is to say the absolute minimum that technically still satisfies the definition of the job.

So, I definitely do a job.

They call me PO. I'm hired as a Software Engineer. My manager says I'm a Tech Lead for the "Product Operating Model." My principal SWE expects me to contribute to developmenf. My product manager expects me to be an expert on what we're making. The development team I was given has a strict adherance to Scrum. They call me a product owner.

The scrum guide expects me to contribute only in the product owner roles. That means I get to write up the backlog! But I also have to do code reviews. And I advocate for the business. I do not get to participate in development (conflict 1). I have so many meetings I dont know who is the SMEs on the product im building (conflict 2).

I looked up my job description one day. And it is so vague I can't argue it.

I refuse to go on a track for more promotions. This job is way too stressful because because there's a lot of things I can do, I just can't.

So, in my professional opinion?

Lying on your Resume might get you fired. But it also might make no lick of difference

Ooof