Repeatedly in my career, I have seen the low-performers and outright saboteurs being promoted and …

I too cared once about technical excellence, and was burned badly. Good code ships, even if it’s dogshit. Works for everyone else, fuck it.

I used to have the same cynical feeling until I realized that there's very little overlap between the things that are actually cool to work on vs the things that other people need done. And if you prioritize the former over the latter, you're essentially trading off easy money for more stress During the 9-5, the goal is to solve other people's problems. It's not pretty but it's what we're paid to do

> Earning money nowadays is all about having access to money which comes out of a safe money printer. I argue that's always been true. Most of the big tech we know today came from very privileged backgrounds that allowed them to take risks that'd be unthinkable for many of us. drop out of college early, run 2-3 failed business to the ground, being booted out of one company and come back later to the same company as an executive, etc. It takes money (or a lot of your time) to make money, that's always been true. The money it takes these days are just so high. Wish you the best of luck in your endeavors, and I'm sorry you gotta navigate this way. I still have some decades to try and get something I can truly own be sustainable, so I want to at least make use of my youth while I have it.