I respectfully agree with many of the comments here, but I can also recognize the value and effort of someone sharing their experience. It shows character, boldness and opens up dialogue. People are central to any effort in accomplishing a certain goal, even if it is a single individual. Organization is meant to facilitate the joint effort in accomplishing the common goals in a structured and systematic way. Having had the experience of taking technical leadership without the title or stake on the company, I still value people who actually care. And that is precisely what I can extract from reading this post. Keep the genuine love for the craft going, don't let yourself down by people who don't get it.
I am coming to believe that I am part of the workers displaced by LLMs. Been looking for a job for a year now and even slashing my salary expectations by half doesn't help. I am curious and still tinker on things I am interested about, but having an actual paying job seems so far from my reality now that I am more inclined on giving up. People here complain while having a job, but please think about us who are struggling and be mindful.
> Been looking for a job for a year now and even slashing my salary expectations by half doesn't help.
Are you still trying for remote? A few years ago when I was down bad and RTO was starting, I found that remote was near impossible to negotiate for “normal” devs even with such extreme concessions.
