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@EmilyGB2023 @DivineKestrel @bridget I've been at my place for 12 years, and people think that's because it might a great place. It's not awful, but it's nothing special, but I'm fucking terrified of running the interview gauntlet again. I tried that a couple years ago, and it was clear people were looking for young rockstars who wanted to prove how much trivia they know.

Me? I take a broom and clean up the mess that everyone leaves behind, I make sure that things work, I write down the damned documentation and keep it in order (not that anybody ever reads it), I know where the bodies are buried and why what you're trying to do doesn't work in this particular knackered environment, I do special tasks for other teams because the interfaces are written by tech jerkwads who think if you're not also a tech jerkwad you might as well leave the industry.

And then I reduce my hours, go part time, and go out to circus where I can actually find *joy*.