Meta commentary, most comments take this like a personal matter. The biggest picture feels obvious but unspoken: there's a massive dearth of good things to get

Meta commentary, most comments take this like a personal matter. The biggest picture feels obvious but unspoken: there's a massive dearth of good things to get up to, to commit to, even for the capable & willing. The job ought, to a degree, be it's own reward, especially for knowledge/creative work. Yeah, there could well be a host of other concerns/blockers. And maybe this person is just stuck & unable to find good pursuits. But I think a lot of SWE's have a hard time finding really good pursuits. We kind of get lucky & find good groups of people anyhow, somehow. But the tasks & environments struggle broadly to provide fulfilment & purpose. Given what we feel capable of, this mismatch becomes, as here, dissonance. "What I Want To Do As A Software Developer" is another data point I might point to here-abouts. There's a lot it doesnt say to me. But there's a more explicitly stated desire for purpose, which I also find here. https://www.lloydatkinson.net/posts/2022/my-thoughts-on-what-i-want-to-do-as-a-software-developer/ https://www.lloydatkinson.net/posts/2022/my-thoughts-on-what...