This is where I am with my current gig. We are abstracted so far from the actual user that it feels like a useless amount of urgency for no particular reason.

This is where I am with my current gig. We are abstracted so far from the actual user that it feels like a useless amount of urgency for no particular reason. And middle management is more experienced in hardware than software, so they keep trying to use the "we will just hire more contractors to make it happen faster!" strategy. Feels like needless stress to build something nobody is really going to use anyway. And on top of that, I don't even get to do any code, I'm too senior, so all they want me to do now is draw up architecture diagrams. I'm thinking about jumping ship and taking a pay cut if necessary just to get back to something where I can actually solve real problems building software I know people will actually use. It's so much more satisfying to work on something you know is useful.