I can say with full honesty that I never dread going to the office because I absolutely love what I do and I'm surrounded by amazing, kind and talented engineers. The majority of my friends and acquaintances, however, are not in tech/engineering roles and I often hear them complain about how boring their 9 to 5 jobs are. One of them even said: "But everybody hates their job, don't they?". At some point I even started wondering whether I should feel guilty for genuinely loving my job, while everybody else seems to be miserable at the office.

Is this something you recognise within your social circles? As a developer, do you get the impression that your job satisfaction is higher than that of your non-developer friends? What do you think?

I find this tweet by Kitze to be spot on and couldn't have said it any better:

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to say our jobs are better than non-developer roles. I suppose the only thing this watercooler discussion can really measure is whether my friends are more pessimistic than yours. 😅