[blippitybleep]

I got myself a fancy job at Spotify. It was a dream come true, or so I thought. I couldn’t believe how many meetings I had to be in each day. I couldn’t believe how little autonomy I had or how much time I had to devote to preparing (months in advance) for performance reviews. I also couldn’t get over how many middle managers had a chip on their shoulder about the idea that “technical” work might have equal value to management work at a tech company.

I became a contractor and that’s where I realised the true programmer dream. I just cycle between collecting requirements & analysis and writing code. I spend maybe 2-3 hours in meetings per week, just to aim the cannons, as it were.