[iafiaf]

I will bite. I dont think you care as much as you claim (or think) you do. Its likely you are not respected amongst your peers (for whatever reason) and you feel alienated. I've seen too many employees cite "lack of autonomy" because they want re-write code in Julia (for example) instead of prioritizing tasks they were hired to do. They think management doesn't "get it".

> But my personality finds it difficult to ignore things that are wrong

That's what you think. Maybe you are a man-child throwing a tantrum? The tech world is filled with such folks.

Even if everything you said is accurate, you will be happier if you dont play the victim card.

[badpun]

Lack of authonomy is an inherent trait of most jobs, including coding. (I mean, as a coder, you basically have an infinite queue of tickets to implement, and you have little to none say about what's in them in the first place. That's your work life.) Just because something is ubiquitous doesn't mean that it's healthy or even "normal" and that people should just "grow up" and accept it. Let's just take it for what it is - a way to make meaningful amounts of money, at the cost of mental health and other vital aspects of being human - just like most jobs are (only, in most jobs, the amount of money aren't even that good).

[matwood]

Good point. Another comment mentioned therapy which could help the OP look inward.

Running around thinking that everyone else is the problem is never a recipe for success. My favorite thought whenever I feel myself slipping into that mode is to think 'do I want to be right or effective'. It immediately puts me in an in control, empathetic, problem solving mindset.

[mberning]

I feel that this may be closer to the mark than many will care to admit. The moralistic tone of OP leads me to believe that they are blind to how arbitrary their concept of “right” and “wrong” are. Killing a puppy for fun is wrong. Not “fixing” some piece of code that tilts you is not “wrong”. So unless the OP is engaged in a seriously unethical industry I think some self-reflection is in order. Work on your own attitude. Don’t become one of these developers that had 15 different employers in 10 years because nobody lived up to your unjustifiable ideals.