Yep. I've seen more people fired for being passionate about their craft and their jobs than people getting raises for the same reason. It's always the same. Pe

Yep. I've seen more people fired for being passionate about their craft and their jobs than people getting raises for the same reason. It's always the same. People trying to make things better for the next developer, people prioritizing delivers instead of ego-projects or ego-features by someone playing politics, developers wanting a seat at the table with (dysfunctional) Product teams, people actual good intentions trying to "change the world" (not counting the misguided attempts here). You are 100% correct, you gotta play the politics, period.