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Yeah... same.

Power to those who can function in highly frustrating environments, but for me the only winning move is to not play the game in the first place.

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So what's the alternative?

Not being a software dev for one

Being an expensive freelance dev/consultant that gets flown in to solve actual "our shits on fire plz help" problems, instead of an underutilized "human resource" that noone listens to unless you repeat your message 1000 times.

How does one even reliably find work as an expensive consultant?

Putting out other people’s fires seems extremely frustrating.

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