Before that role, I spent two years at another government contractor working on various govt

… Before that role, I spent two years at another government contractor working on various govt. applications doing UX research, design, and front-end UI development. Overall, I’ve had a 17-year career in UX Research, Design and Development, starting at an ad agency in 2009. From 2016 to 2022 I worked extremely hard in government and loved working hard with great family like coworkers, as well the positive feedback always received for our work from clients. But from 2022 to 2026 things changed. The company grew, my role narrowed to UX research and design, and the UI development work was handled by newer hires. I often felt underutilized and mentioned it, but management always told me I was doing a good job and not to worry. My last manager is a lazy ass and never told me to do anything, so I focused on staying visible to the client—helping in chat channels where users would note issues to identify UX issues to propose/create design solutions that were appreciated by the client & development developed. …