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or developers spend all their time battling political rather than problem-space difficulties


Which pretty much sums up my day. There are many occaisions when i'd rather my department would fold, at least I'd get the redundancy. None of the projects I work on are 'cool' or if you think they are then you really need to get out more. On joining the department I was told if I put the hours in, pulled my finger out and learnt new skills, there would the remuneration. In four years nothing has appeared other than a handful of crappy bonuses instead of pay rises.

I really am glad I have a fulfilling hobby otherwise I would have had nervous breakdown by now. My line manager (and original creator of the core software) has just had one.
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Andy M