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The reality of working in tech: We're not hired to write code (2023)


"So, is everyone losing their minds yet?" My ex-coworker asked me over yahoo messenger. He quit after getting enraged by new work policies that specifically targeted him. I looked up from my screen,

After lunch, The QA guy in Mexico sent me a message on AIM, asking if I knew the credentials to the server. I was once proud of my self-developed methods for testing my scripts across various browsers and effectively implementing feature detection. While I was previously the go-to person for building new features, I was unable to contribute to the implementation of Angular due to my lack of experience with it.

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