I’ll preface this by saying I’m relatively new to the industry (couple years of experience) as an engineer. I’ve loved coding and working with cool tech since I was younger but I’ve only recently started working in a professional setting at a mid-size startup.
I’m grateful that I have the opportunity to work on software full-time but I’m getting increasingly tired of the other aspects of the job (endless meetings, agile “ceremonies”, back-and-forth on Jira processes, etc.)
I know that I need to work on getting better at the other non-tech related aspects of the job in order to grow as an engineer but I’m having a hard time forcing myself to care about the things that seem to only slow everyone down without providing a lot (if any) value most of the time.
How can I change my mindset to get more out of the “corporate” aspects of software careers?
And if not, find a luxury gig that pay more if you do shits, and learn to manage your managers and manage your expectations. Treat work as work and segment hobby programming from work programming.
Don't get married or kids unless you can't live without one, at least before 30.
Retire early and do whatever you want.