Number one thing is not having my time tracked by management. That always sucks and leads to stress. In theory having time tracked could be good if the powers t

Number one thing is not having my time tracked by management. That always sucks and leads to stress. In theory having time tracked could be good if the powers that be know how to process the information, but usually it’s used as an interrogation / scalding device. So no logging time is a huge positive. Next is working in a small company where you can make architectural decisions as a regular developer due to hat swapping and not too much legacy code compared to a bigger company. Finally working in a non office building, nice colleagues, flexible hours etc.