I don’t think it’s age so much as it’s “well, that’s just what everyone does now”.
If you want to work in this industry you have to follow the herd; for better or worse.
I certainly don’t agree with it, but people have bills to pay.
If you want to work in this industry you have to follow the herd; for better or worse.
I certainly don’t agree with it, but people have bills to pay.
And just why do you "Have to follow the herd"? Pretty sure just about everything new and creative (good or bad) was a result of not following the herd. I recommend going where you need to go. If a herd starts following you, that's great. At least they'll be slipping and sliding on the shit you leave behind, not the other way round.
It's not very surprising since 'products' nowadays are more like 'services' instead, and offer some kind of encapsulation: people are not interested much in how something ticks behind the scenes, and so it can drive down the behind-the-scene quality. They also are conditioned to accept lousy excuses (including none) for outages and breakdowns, because they got sold 'magic', and boy that is magical..
You'll might have to work in obscurity to keep up operations quality, which is in turn a driver for your own demise. Game over.
I'd like to suggest to you the following reading material:
- Bullshit Jobs (David Graeber, 2018)
- The Dilbert Principle (Scott Adams, 2000)
- Future Shock (Alvin Toffler, 1970)