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My company pays well. I'm remote. But sometimes I'm miserable. I expect too much from work and I need to learn not to.
They talk about how they want employees to be engaged, and they want developers to understand and solve business problems. They just don't mean any of it, and they don't know they don't mean it.
Anything you say about what we're building, why, or the process is wrong. Don't say it like this. Don't say it like that. Don't say it in the retro. Eventually I realized they're gaslighting me and probably don't even realize it.
There is no right way to say anything. There's no right time. The only way they're really happy is if you shut up and work your tickets.
I need to make my peace with that and collect my paycheck.
They're just so stupid. They don't see the disconnect between what they want and what they say they want. They can't be helped.
Thanks for listening.
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