How do I survive as a software engineer in this culture? What do I say and do to not be fired?
that means that even if the scrum lord is a complete fool, the staffing choices made by your boss are horrible, your team is the worst, and you hate node.js but have to use it, just do your tickets and keep moving. do not suggest big "improvements" or things to "think about" as they will flag you as a class of person that is a potential rival or insubordinate, which may bode horribly for you. keep engaged but lightly so: no heroism.
and trust me, if you're asking this question, you have shown you are not prepared to go toe to toe with "them" on their turf, so don't even try. you will get annihilated. as an engineer you probably aren't sensitive to how power dynamics manifest in day to day interactions - that's why you /must/ lay low and see what's up, despite any drive to do otherwise.
I have not been able to keep a job longer than 18 months because this drives me nuts and I eventually have to quit and start somewhere else until I quit again out of frustration and exhaustion.
I left, bounced around two other companies and am now back in a place that reminds me of the early days of FAANG.
If you hate what you need to do in a job, start looking for another one, and make sure that you like talking to all the people who interview you. Every time I've broken this rule, I've regretted it.
2) Supervisor 2 sued the university and ended up leaving
3) Supervisor 1 returned, got me to re-write
4) Supervisor 1 went on maternity leave again
5) Supervisor 3 (head of dept) forced me to rewrite and completely change the focus
6) Supervisor 1 returns, says nothing about change of focus
7) Supervisor 3 leaves
8) Supervisor 1 asks me to rewrite to original way
9) Supervisor 4 comes in (super helpful, especially with the stats)
10) Supervisor 4 gets heart disease, takes early retirement
11) I finally say fuck it and put in the PhD
12) Supervisor 1 says I didn't read it all, see what the examiners say
13) Examiners very sceptical I wrote the whole thing, until the actual exam
14) I get major corrections, all of which were down to my refusal to follow APA style in my tables (because it's stupid).
15) I finally graduate, three years after getting my first private sector job.
So, yeah, PhD's can be bad for everyone ;)