> For me, there's nothing worse than being this tiny little cog in the machine that comes into work from 9-5 and produces something so microscopic that you ques

> For me, there's nothing worse than being this tiny little cog in the machine that comes into work from 9-5 and produces something so microscopic that you question your importance at all See, I'm the opposite. I couldn't care less about the importance of my work. I work for one reason and one reason only: to fund my life. I just want to put in my eight hours a day, draw a paycheck, and then go home and have fun. And I honestly like the idea of being anonymous. I just want to blend into the background and not be noticed, and I couldn't care less about climbing the ladder because my career is the least important thing in my life. > Most of my friends that work at larger public tech companies — it just feels like they're constantly doing unimportant things, going to conferences just for the sake of it, getting into work late and leaving early. Honestly, that sounds like paradise to me. I'm pretty satisfied with my current job, but if I wasn't I'd definitely be asking you for the names of some of those companies.