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Lack of authonomy is an inherent trait of most jobs, including coding. (I mean, as a coder, you basically have an infinite queue of tickets to implement, and you have little to none say about what's in them in the first place. That's your work life.) Just because something is ubiquitous doesn't mean that it's healthy or even "normal" and that people should just "grow up" and accept it. Let's just take it for what it is - a way to make meaningful amounts of money, at the cost of mental health and other vital aspects of being human - just like most jobs are (only, in most jobs, the amount of money aren't even that good).