Comment by raw_anon_1111

I have no idea where this romanticism of software development comes from. I’ve been in the field professionally for 30 years across 10 jobs - everything from startups, to boring old enterprise companies, to small to midsize “lifestyle companies” and BigTech. Most people see the job as a vocation to make money and not a passion.

Scott Hanselman talked about “Dark Matter Developers” in 2012.

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-un...