Actually, you make a great point: these companies attempt to convince employees that they’re not McDonald’s, when that’s exactly what they are.

And I shouldn’t be falling for it myself.

I’ve avoided working directly for the tech industry. I was contacted by Google and Amazon without ever having reaching out to them but that was right before the mass layoffs. Beside high level proprietary projects I’d rather work for myself doing whatever I want.

Chef?

I guess both work but chef makes more sense.