>The "pleasure of making things that are useful to other people" only happens if you project isn't cancelled and actually gets used. Outside of a startup this c

>The "pleasure of making things that are useful to other people" only happens if you project isn't cancelled and actually gets used. Outside of a startup this confluence of events is heartbreakingly rare. Why would a company pay you if no one uses your work? If I worked on stuff that kept getting cancelled or not used I'd figure the company was going to go belly up sometime soon!