Every programmer wants remote unless otherwise stated. Work Remotely. Salary. Benefits. Software Stack. Chill Boss. That is what matters. Just about anything

Every programmer wants remote unless otherwise stated. Work Remotely. Salary. Benefits. Software Stack. Chill Boss. That is what matters. Just about anything else the startups have to offer is categorized as "meta". Not helping things ship. Devs don't care about "culture". What does that mean? Mandatory stand-ups, weekly 2-hour meetings, signalling "values", and these group photos where everybody forces a smile? (You haven't exited. What is there to celebrate about?) They don't want the politics. Colleagues trying to justify why they're there, instead of being in a conscience frame of mind to better the company. Anything else not helping the product to market (shipping), gaining users, and retaining them. The requirement of "on-site", unless there's a legit reason, has become a red flag that invokes an image of a boss in a suit, reclining in their Aeron chair, that's an insecure, yapping, "expert beginner" micro manager who won't heed technical advice; a bozo. So what makes a "Chill Boss" for programmers? A correlation worth testing is greater software development experience than employees. As opposed to just having a history going straight into management soon as possible.