What Your Software Engineering Job Buys You

tldr; know what your job really gets you...remote contracting is good for work life balance and income arbitrage, big tech (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple) is good for having babies, skill building, and playing made up games -- aka fiefdom expansion; small tech is good for agency, work alignment, and provides upside but will kill your personal life. Indiepreneur is only good once you have…