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Discussion on: Do developers have higher job satisfaction than non-developers?

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Hunter Chang • Edited

I agree with this, company and culture definitely play a critical role. Lack of communication, unreasonable deadlines, and unclear expectations will turn into burnout real quick. However, the power to create something from nothing can be really rewarding.

If you are interested and engaged with what you are working on, then you'll probably be happy. This isn't always the case though, since maintaining old legacy code is usually something all devs deal with at some point in their career. For me, I enjoy starting fresh and using the latest and greatest stack, but dealing with old and outdated technical debt always rears its ugly head.