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my company saw me as a profit center so abused the hell out of me to slavedrive me and underpay me for those sweet sweet profit margins
I just saw a dude complain that he had to spend a whole day moving some text and how he wants to switch to backend. I'm here sitting thinking, that's so fucking luxurious a complaint. you can just do that? I had such more basic needs and was fucking denied. and due to being underpaid can't leave. it was great. wanted suicide
I think a lot of pissed off devs are working at companies that see them as cost centres. Happy devs are at companies that see them as profit centres.
Like, a cereal company may have a tech team for their website and ordering and whatever, but having the best website isn't going to make them more money. Selling more cereal is.
If a company sells video processing software, having the best software is going to make them money. Tech is a profit centre.
So, anyway, I'm looking for a new job. Any rec for profit centre tech teams?
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