Such a flippant dismissal yet so little consideration given.. ironically, the reality of what you’re doing is exactly what you’re accusing OP of: assuming a sta

Such a flippant dismissal yet so little consideration given.. ironically, the reality of what you’re doing is exactly what you’re accusing OP of: assuming a state of victimhood. Shouting “that’s the job!” when it is ostensibly not the job (whatever your experience of the “reality” of it may be) is really an implied assertion that you must make concessions in your work arrangement regardless of the explicit agreement you make with your employer when accepting a job. The desperation to communicate this comes across, to me, as a cry for help with asserting yourself in the workplace. In my experience this is a result of a power imbalance in the employment relationship. Unfortunately the reasons for this imbalance are often extremely complex but some generic, potentially not helpful, advice for anyone in common scenarios I’ve seen would be: 1. Improve your skillset. It will help your (implied) negotiating power when they start adding more meetings or pulling you off task 2. Learn how to politely assert yourself in a work environment. We’re all playing games of imperfect information and light assertiveness and confidence can put an adversary in a position where they can’t afford to assume you’re wrong (in the moment) 3. Know what you’re signing up for and be candid about what you’re bringing to the table. If you’ve spent the last four years in intensive study of algorithms and data structures, be candid about the fact that you’re taking the job to solve computational problems. Let them know ahead of time that you’re not another head to count or butt to fill a seat.