out of curiosity, how many YOE do you have? a lot of the stuff you've written reads like exactly how i felt 2-3 years into my job and thought everything was bs except the code. "screw sales, what do they even do, code is all that matters", "screw PMs, their jobs is just spreadsheets and docs, code is all that matters"

i'm over a decade in at this point and couldn't disagree more with all of your points. nothing makes me want to run away faster than dealing with some genius who "disappears" or argues around a ton of things/has no EQ.