I’m a software engineer, The conditions of my job are actually pretty sweet: I get to work remote from a medium CoL city, I get paid well, my schedule is flexible so I don’t have to be chained to my desk all day. The stuff I code is pretty boring but it’s not the worst thing in the world.
The thing I can’t stand is my coworkers: so many people I’ve met in this industry are money-obsessed ladder-climbing yuppies. Some of my coworkers are honest to god land lords. I dread having conversations with anyone in project management. These people are territorial and become upset whenever they’re not included in some meeting. If one product manager gets added to a call, I hear about it from the other PMs. A good day for me is when I have 8 straight hours of coding to do and I don’t speak to a single soul at work.
I am not anti-social. I have worked at other companies where my coworkers were really cool and I enjoyed talking with them. I like to take my laptop and work at the dog park and talk to other people. Maybe it’s a regional thing? My coworkers are mostly in New York and my other jobs have all been in the South.
Personally, no, though I recently quit a job due to burnout. I’ve had a lot of luck in enjoying or at least being able to easily tolerate the company of 98% of my coworkers. There’s definitely people I’ve worked with who are eager to climb the ladder, but at least manage to put on a good front/put it aside to some degree for the good of the company