As a developer get an economics SO. This way you may start something big!
(That's my wifes plans already)

But scrum meetings are really really needed for effective coding.
If the meetings are not of a benefit for you then the ScrumMaster has no idea of his Job.

And there is a huge difference between productive and effective coding!!

@nam17887 But retrospectives are about optimizing the process and not the project. So please don't talk about the project. Try to end complaining and use the time to work on a solution for your problems!

There are more legacy Cobol applications out there then one would assume. Especially in insurance or banking as the apps are still running and proven to be safe.

Because everyone else in the room is doing the same magic every day.

But think of all the goodies in this job.
You can get a coffe and some fresh water.
A fruit basket once a week.
And there is a small chance that you can work one day per month from home.
Oh, don't forget that you are free to choose your IDE (one of the free ones of course).

@Cyanide You already posted the answer 😁

You are using google as a calculator? 🤤

@deathbutterfli
In general it is not about what language you learn.
It is important to never stop learning.

Just from experience:

In our company we have whole products that are coded in GO and a lot of internal tooling.
GO is easy to read, easy to learn and more productive.
But we don't have a single Python script because no one wants to.
We are about 80 Devs...

Who in the company would care about what you do on the laptop? As long as you do it in your free time.

Welcome to the real world.

Code is creativity... And i have seen a lot of it.

Looks like an excel spreadsheet 😂.
Need this to look like i am working hard on reporting stuff.
I love seeing freetime projects.
++ for effort

Me:

Job: Senior Java Dev
Country: Germany
Annual Salary: 52k
39h/wk
Additons: All the stuff a cmp tries to lure employees (coffee, fruits, events, work-life-bal, flextime, , synergy bla bla bla)