One of the characters in the movie That Thing You Do says the following about playing music and bands, "Ain't no way to keep a band together. Bands come and go. You got to keep on playin', no matter with who." I think this applies to programming as well, companies come and go but you got to keep on coding.
It's great when you enjoy your job and align with the products purpose. The problem is that this doesn't last long for many of us. Things change. For example, management changes can quickly make a wonderful place to work a living hell. A company's fortunes can change and you get laid off.
The best thing you can do is to try to make sure you only take jobs that you can align well with personally to some degree and where you feel like you can work with the people you will be interacting with on a daily basis. For example, I took a job one time because I had worked well with the IT director there in a previous job. Once I started the job I was teamed with a world class bully and found that the product (related to the mortgage industry) did not meet my ethical standards. I left that job very quickly.
One of the characters in the movie That Thing You Do says the following about playing music and bands, "Ain't no way to keep a band together. Bands come and go. You got to keep on playin', no matter with who." I think this applies to programming as well, companies come and go but you got to keep on coding.
It's great when you enjoy your job and align with the products purpose. The problem is that this doesn't last long for many of us. Things change. For example, management changes can quickly make a wonderful place to work a living hell. A company's fortunes can change and you get laid off.
The best thing you can do is to try to make sure you only take jobs that you can align well with personally to some degree and where you feel like you can work with the people you will be interacting with on a daily basis. For example, I took a job one time because I had worked well with the IT director there in a previous job. Once I started the job I was teamed with a world class bully and found that the product (related to the mortgage industry) did not meet my ethical standards. I left that job very quickly.
This is a great standpoint. I love how it explains so much with simple words. :D Thank you.