[whilenot-dev]

This is some really old-school statement... If you, as a manager, would hire for a software engineering professional, the last thing you'd want is a servant for your coding problems.

If loyalty is not a big concern (and it isn't really, currently), then I'm there to bring your business up to speed, and you're there to help me advance in this job market.

Engineering is a constant balancing act. If working with this kind of manager favors conformity over business requirements, technical requirements, legal requirements etc. we'd be having a very hard time disagreeing on topics (balancing them out) and working together.

[treeFall]

>the last thing you'd want is a servant for your coding problems.

That doesn't match my experience. Software engineering culture is full of processes to facilitate conformity, from velocity and burn down charts, to bureaucratic decision making processes and unnecessary group meetings. Every manager I've ever had has given me the impression that they want someone to mindlessly crunch through tickets without resistance.

[bawolff]

Sure, but fact is lots of companies have bad managers, toxic work environments, etc.

There are some great places to work out there, but there are plenty that are basically the movie mean girls.