| Take all those awesome skills you have learned and do those for yourself on the side. You have learned why every good developer has side projects, gotta keep the dream alive. Two of my engineering heroes did just that, Scott Adams and Mike Judge. They can also be technical related in games, apps, etc on your own. It is much better that way in the end if you like products to launch with any amount of control. > Scott Adams has always had several side projects because they gave him energy to endure his boring job. One of these projects became the sketches for Dilbert. http://blog.habrador.com/2014/01/how-scott-adams-growth-hack... Harness the energy of that boring job into something great, it is the American Dream of Engineers across the land subjugated to the power structures of now. When you have your own things on the side you are also a little less ego driven at work as you have controllable areas on your own products and it lends to smoother teams somehow. Encourage others at work to have side projects, watch how it makes them relax and work better at work. Most of all, always do quality work, even if it isn't fun make it fun or gamify it. If you are in a situation that prevents you from doing quality work, then you should move on. |