That, too, has been a factor of my thinking as of late. There was a time where I would have left a job (or manager) if I didn't like it that much or if I just had something I wanted to do where the job got in the way of it. I've quit my job to work on an app, and another time I quit both because I hated the job and so I could work on a hardware-based project. I knew I could just get a job again when I need one, and luckily I did both times. Today, I wouldn't do that... or at least not unless the level of intellectual pain caused by a job were just that severe. Not only had the software industry desperately needed an adjustment for quite some time, but the job market is kinda bad all-around, and I do think that many are in denial about how AI will probably suck up a lot of the programmer jobs that subgeniuses such as myself are capable of. My current manager isn't that bad but, if they were as bad as the worst manager I've had, I would just maintain the mindset of coasting and not letting the stupidity get to me.
ravenstine|10 months ago