> Remember _they need you_ - software developers aren't exactly growing on trees these days. They need you to be a viable business as much as you need them for

> Remember _they need you_ - software developers aren't exactly growing on trees these days. They need you to be a viable business as much as you need them for your income. I really need to emphasize how wrong this is. Your employer definitely doesn’t need you unless you’re working for an exceptionally small company/org where you can hold them hostage/ransom. You are dime a dozen in the real world. The only reason you’ll ever get a sense that they “need you” is because you are being chronically underpaid and you are so incredibly cheap that just talking to you for 30 minutes to do X is way more efficient than paying you the 3x you’re worth. I’ve seen engineers being paid 7 figures thrown away over trivial bullshit. You’re not needed.