You were mislead, perhaps intentionally. Be professional but find another (better) job and get on with your life. A lot of people who work or worked for crappy

You were mislead, perhaps intentionally. Be professional but find another (better) job and get on with your life. A lot of people who work or worked for crappy companies will tell you that you have to "pay your dues". After all, if they had to, it's only "fair" that you should to. I disagree with that premise. While it is certainly common to have to "pay your dues", I have never had to. Work for a small young company with pressing software needs and there will be lots of "green field" work even for the "new" guys. Work for the Amazons of the world and your chances are much slimmer I think. Just this week, I was about to tell a company that I would work with them "if they had a challenging project". When my friend saw what I'd written he said: "No, no, don't write that. Just tell them you'll take the job. Sometimes you need to take work that isn't fun." I told him" "Well, maybe you do." :-)