I imagine answers to this vary wildly between sectors and the combination of pay, social status, project work, perceived impact, work/life balance, and more add up to very different outlooks

Very solid hypothesis. Jives with many deep convos I’ve had with folks across the community

Folks who describe themselves as being "in tech" are often super driven people, passionate about making an impact on the world. So we put a lot of our existential eggs in the career basket.

I'm wondering if some of the current dissatisfaction is coming from our careers not meeting those needs?

The other 10-20% are extremely disgruntled?

It must be virtually 100%. 90% seems plausible to me for sure. The industry has made it abundantly clear that there is no incentive to perform well, and most shops aren’t interested in quality software, just anything hacked together that makes money is good enough.

Gotta be 80-90-%

What’s the trick?

It’s definitely high

Mystic Station Malden MA

Last time I saw elevator technology it was going down

No budget for that so the point is mute.

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congrats