Ugh this is true.

Nothing worse than you’re going on a deep rant about some niche thing in your field and you learn your coworkers (and boss) are just there to punch the clock.

When I was in big tech I’d constantly get shot down because nobody else knew what the hell I was going on about unless it was super mainstream. “Why don’t we just do the thing everyone else is” because everyone is wrong and cargo culting ideas from 10 years ago!

I like working in places where I get to go full mad scientist and it makes me so much happier. My best jobs have just had a boss who checks in once a week and let me go crazy on a project.