Not all corporate jobs are soulless, mind crushing Orwellian nightmares, and nothing prevents you from looking for a fulfilling job if you are unhappy with your present one, especially in our field.
True, and I did spend some time looking. It's kinda sad, though, how our field seems to have devolved in the past 15 years. Startups today are much more corporate, more likely to be run by biz guys without appreciation for software, etc.
Here's a good litmus test: If they have an open floor plan they clearly don't care about developers.
If they BRAG about having an open floor plan-- and so many of them do-- they are terrible. Run away.
