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I'm being honest here, I've done things like this at prior jobs. It was mostly a reflection of unfortunate business decisions than personal preference or skill set, per se.
If my raises and promotions are contingent on me achieving a goal like "use a reactive JavaScript framework in public facing component" or "develop an application in NodeJS", then you better believe I'm going to do both of those things regardless of whether the right project comes my way or not. I will find a way. Q3 comes around and I haven't been given an appropriate project to achieve my goals? Yes, I'm absolutely going to integrate an LLM component into the project search function of our business reporting system so I can check off the arbitrary "AI" goal I needed to complete in order to qualify for the top tier raise percentage.
This reads dystopian to me.
It is, but it's also real shit. Basically shows how the structure of the systems that people have to use every day, that their bosses buy for them because most workplaces aren't democracies, is determined by the incentives that devs have in their workplace. The latest Business Fad like agile scrum vs waterfall, or whatever is cool now, and also how bonus structures work + how the company culture works, all directly or indirectly affect the way software works. That's why studying sociology and anthropology is important, because then we can design incentive structures that get people making good software that serves humanity. I don't know if such a thing is possible under capitalism with a profit motive. I think in a postcapitalist world we could have honor and other social rewards go to the person whose software helps people the most. We are a long way off from that.
When your daily quests don't line up with the story but you make it work anyway.
That...made me feel kind of sad actually.