I've been at the top of the org chart. I hated it. I intentionally decided to go back to engineering. "Appreciation" in this case means, promotions. I don't wa

I've been at the top of the org chart. I hated it. I intentionally decided to go back to engineering. "Appreciation" in this case means, promotions. I don't want them, and would actively change jobs if you forced it on me. So I am more than happy to just do a great job at my job. I do not desire or want anyone to notice me in any particular way. I want to be paid a reasonable amount, and make sure everyone that uses anything I touch is happy with the experience. That's a great life. I don't understand why anyone would think that caring about things matters at all. There's a massive difference between your users, and peers appreciating you, and management appreciating you. Management doesn't know anything. Why would I value their appreciation? I care much more about my intelligent peers, or even commenters here, than what a non technical person thinks.