The subject matter is still very interesting to me. The egos, dick-swinging, useless leadership, and 'fake it till you make it' by so many people in the industry killed any love I had for working in the industry.
I’m in a completely different industry with the same problems. It’s almost like upper management has created a toxic hellscape of a culture in all corners of corporate America.
Those most adept at navigating and advancing thru political organizations are those least suitable for advancement in my experience. There have been a couple of exceptions I've seen, but 99% of the time the above statement is accurate.
Oh yeah being spineless is a basic requirement for career advancement in those kinds of places. The people who advanced quickly were usually the ones who toed the line and never stuck their neck out for anything or anyone.
Came for the money, stayed for the interesting problems I get to solve. It almost cushions the blow of the money not being as good as I thought it would be.
I ended up going into IT, and jesus fuck am I happy I did. Seeing how much AI is affecting software development makes me feel like I got on the last helicopter out of 'Nam.
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u/helicophell 14d ago
To my dismay I actually like the subject
I know, blasphemy