Yeah. Balance is important. I worked on a few teams where I really liked the people, but ultimately we were building a stupid product that existed only because

Yeah. Balance is important. I worked on a few teams where I really liked the people, but ultimately we were building a stupid product that existed only because some exec thought it would be a good idea, rather than because any users actually wanted it. (In one case, we were literally told "we have X huge website which we sell $$$ of advertising on - we want another site just like that, so go off and build one"!) Ultimately, the cognitive dissonance of building something we knew was pointless, but where nobody was willing to actually say it, felt utterly soul-destroying. Now I'm working at a place where I really like the people, and I really like what we're building. The balance feels like it's much closer to the right place now.