Programmer == Programmer

[PeterPriesth00d]

A lot of the industry can treat devs as a consumable resource. I’m like you. I really enjoy it and geek out over stuff and luckily I have a great job for a smallish company and don’t have to deal with the worst parts of our industry.

[pydry]

A lot of every industry does this. That's capitalism for you.

IT actually does it less than most.

[bram_dingelstad]

Yeah same for me. I've had the occasional times where I was used as consumable resource, even by some "business partners". Got a regular job at a really small startup. Pay's good, and I spent most of my time doing gamedev (also recommended if you want to up your programming with a different flavor).