Or, you know, don't play their game. You don't need to babble in politics, work in adversarial environments where 'someone is looking to get you fired', and dea

Or, you know, don't play their game. You don't need to babble in politics, work in adversarial environments where 'someone is looking to get you fired', and deal with all the bullshit in OP. Find a small (10-20 people) software shop/consultancy, work on interesting problems, write good code, be free of all that shit.