I'm not serving my boss. My boss has a whole set of metrics and expectations that are quite distinct from delivering working software to customers; I use my con

I'm not serving my boss. My boss has a whole set of metrics and expectations that are quite distinct from delivering working software to customers; I use my considerable autonomy as a white-collar worker to half-ass those behind her back and spend my energies on what is actually satisfying to me, which is to craft good systems and make things work well. And as the sibling comment mentions, this is a lot more interesting when there are real customers and stakes.