This was so much of my career that I just thought being over paid to do nothing was the norm for software. I used most of that time working on personal open sou

This was so much of my career that I just thought being over paid to do nothing was the norm for software. I used most of that time working on personal open source projects. In most cases the cause of doing nothing was internal inefficiency and faulty expectations. Most developers, it seems, cannot architect and cannot automate anything. Instead they press buttons and fill the day either attending meetings or manually completing repetitive tasks. For those of us capable of writing new tools you had a choice. You exposed this amazing availability of time that other people couldn’t see. You could invest that availability back into the business to elevate your career or you could do personal things that were more enjoyable. As someone interested in learning and building things I always chose the later.