I am a “software engineer” I am great at making things and solving problems with code. I love to code. I am an expert in my domain.

But I am employed to sit in meetings. Where my voice doesn’t matter. I am one dev to 6 middle managers with various lofty titles. They do not respect me. I am the bottom wrung of the ladder. But I am also the only member of the team who delivers anything. Without me the “developer” the product doesn’t exist. They hate me for this. So they lock me down. My computer is near unusable in its locked down monitored state. I have to ask permission to do the simplest things. They don’t want me thinking or being productive. Now they have me writing “prompts” so a robot can make me redundant. My confidence is zero, my skillset unappreciated.

It’s time to start again, find a new way to provide for my family.

The software engineering career that I loved has burnt out.