I agree with the latter half entirely, but the first half is just not true. All you have to do matter how good you are, is miss a few meetings or show up late.

I agree with the latter half entirely, but the first half is just not true. All you have to do matter how good you are, is miss a few meetings or show up late. Yes, you have financial leverage to try and make moves, but with a recession coming up, even that's a bit tenuous. It depends on tenure and company, but a lot of the time you're super disposable, because a lot of tech doesn't matter remotely as much as ICs think it might. It's pretty depressing admittedly, but after many years, but my opinion is that you have no leverage until you definitely have a stake, and until then you might as well do the least amount of work possible to fulfill your duty of being on time. Beyond that, it's not in your best interest to really push for much beyond a higher salary through switching companies, or acquiring a real stake in the business