[crystal_revenge]

Seriously, my last two roles at startups have been the most work of my career (including earlier work at startups). Everyone I know is pretty frequently working nights and weekends to make sure everything gets shipped. The “mindless code” is mostly written by AI so, at least for me, most of the code I’m writing requires a white board to work out that the math is correct. At the other end of my current company people are physically managing warehouses; certainly looks like work to me.

I’ve had cushy jobs that the author is mistaking for “all jobs”, but my experience is that these places are in decline and when layoffs come, get ready to work hard if you want another job.