I'm just surprised people buy into the corporate nonsense in the first place. You have to be pretty intelligent to be a software developer.... yet... many of th

I'm just surprised people buy into the corporate nonsense in the first place. You have to be pretty intelligent to be a software developer.... yet... many of the same intelligent people appear not to understand how they're being manipulated in the workplace. Or the fact that looking after one another is a better idea for everyone, than competing against each other and behaving in a dog-eat-dog manner. In my experience, one can find camaraderie, human connection and lifelong friends, from a few people at any private (corporate) workplace. In public sector workplaces where the profit motive is less dominant and people stay longer in the job, I've found it easier to make friendships with nice people who I think if we worked in private sector it'd be "admiration from afar" . Many of us have worked in corporations where we have team-mates where there's respect and mutual appreciation but everyone's just too busy to connect, people move on etc . I think the answer is, be healthily skeptical about any corporate employer you work for and try to be kind to colleagues. Don't take it personally if the machine screws people over, and maintain good friendships outside of work