> ...spend so much mental bandwidth just to get the permission to code. Spot on. Ditto being compelled to lie about everything. What David Graeber calls "just

> ...spend so much mental bandwidth just to get the permission to code. Spot on. Ditto being compelled to lie about everything. What David Graeber calls "justifying" labor. Breaking out the crayons and finger paste to show PHBs how stuff works, clearing tech debt on the down low, estimates, concocting status reports, performance and peer reviews, etc.