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You might be happier. If everything runs on pointless meetings, ServiceNow, and Jira, then learning how to best use your time in between those things would give you more control over your time (even without getting you away from those things).



I meditate and try not to let work affect me in a negative way any more. I still try and make an effort to do the best job I can in the time given, but it seems pointless trying to optimize specifically for productivity when so many factors going against it. I have also come to the conclusion that being a decent team player and other non-coding skills are probably valued by management as much as coding productivity.


> You might be happier.

Yes.

Sure, having a nicer environment/project certainly is preferable, but sometimes you can't choose everything, and if you let the shitty outside make you do shitty work, then you might feel a lot more miserable.




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