[solididiot]

It's actually a bit worse (or better) depending on how you see it. You get to invest (time, energy) in what will land you a job. 99% it's not what you want/like and not what is technically best. IT's just what came to dominate your job market.

At least if you're in a EU backwater country or in EU public sector-related projects. (Which usually means java/c# and to a much lesser extend a python tech stack).

PS: Loved the rant but you forgot to mention Golang :). "You're doing web backend and not using Go?!!"

[Nextgrid]

This really depends whether you see IT as a job or as a tool to achieve your own projects. If the latter, then you don't particularly care how "hype" your tech stack is as long as it successfully solves your own problems.