Unpopular opinion: The engineers who leave at 5 PM sharp are usually the first ones laid off Not because companies are evil. Because they’re easily replaceable. The ones who survive every layoff are those who: - Understand the business deeply - Know the codebase inside out - Fix things before they break - Go way beyond the ticket “That’s toxic hustle culture!” No. That’s called being genuinely valuable. There’s a massive difference between burning out for promotions and actually caring about your craft. Most people confusing the two are just mediocre engineers looking for excuses.

@devXritesh Except you have a category of engineers that know what they're doing, plan their time carefully and still leave at 5pm sharp.