The good times in tech are over

If I had to choose, I’d definitely choose to return to the job market of the 2010s, so I can be paid more to work less and have more job security. I’m not an idiot. But the silver lining to actually having to ship is that you’re no longer living in a dream. If you’re realistic about how things work, the job of software engineering becomes much easier to understand: Providing value to the company gets you rewarded Not providing value to the company gets you punished “Value to the company” means furthering the explicit plans of your company’s executives