> Everywhere I went I was in a trance, forming arguments with people who only existed in Slack for me. The debates, the designs, the confrontation! Every time I

> Everywhere I went I was in a trance, forming arguments with people who only existed in Slack for me. The debates, the designs, the confrontation! Every time I closed my eyes I would start a stupid fight, This was me at my last job. My managers made my job all about project status updates, optics, visibility, green buttons, t-shirt sizes, OKRs, missing things by 1 week, slack posts, number of kudos. That meant that I spent an inordinate amount of time inside my own head, playing these BS conversations, arguments, and counter-arguments over and over again. As a result of usage of BS metrics, the work became more about inventing BS than about actually solving any technical problem. And what happens when you invent BS? You discuss endlessly, meeting after meeting, about what that BS means. Is this work X-Small or Small? Should this OKR be 70% completely because it was rolled out 1 week after the planned date? There's no discussion about why the work matters, what customer will get affected, or if some things can be paced faster or slower for some legit reason. The only thing that mattered was BS OKRs and the months of discussions about the measurement of said BS. It's sickening. Is this BS my life? Is this BS more important than time with my SO? Is this BS more important than me checking up on my ageing parent's health? Is this BS more important than me achieving my personal goals?