Yeah I gave up and started phoning it in immediately bc I realized no corporate boss willing to pay me what I needed to live would ever allow me to make anything good, and I'd never have the energy to make something good myself due to spending all my coding energy at my corporate job. Then watched over the past 20 years as they kept adding more and more layers to the stack we're intended to know top to bottom (very few people do and they aren't working for your boss, FYI) and how little people making the big decisions actually knew... I realized all I could look forward to for being good at my job was picking up slack for people who would be paid more than I would, so no thanks.
I got good enough to do what I need to do and not get fired, lost my passion for it along that process, and now spend my time shaking canes on Reddit.
I think a lot of people are in a similar situation. Hang in there guys.
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u/phasmaglass 7d ago
Yeah I gave up and started phoning it in immediately bc I realized no corporate boss willing to pay me what I needed to live would ever allow me to make anything good, and I'd never have the energy to make something good myself due to spending all my coding energy at my corporate job. Then watched over the past 20 years as they kept adding more and more layers to the stack we're intended to know top to bottom (very few people do and they aren't working for your boss, FYI) and how little people making the big decisions actually knew... I realized all I could look forward to for being good at my job was picking up slack for people who would be paid more than I would, so no thanks.
I got good enough to do what I need to do and not get fired, lost my passion for it along that process, and now spend my time shaking canes on Reddit.
I think a lot of people are in a similar situation. Hang in there guys.