[critikal17]

couldn't care less about the company and Its personnel.

This is my problem. The company I work for currently is not a software company by any means, they simply need software to reach their end goal. Thus, I find little reward in writing the code I write for them.

My hope was that, working with other programmers, I would find like minds who enjoy what they do and endeavor in personal projects outside of work. However, all of my coworkers are, to be honest, quite dull. They like football, beer, and making fun of the technologically incompetent employees, and for all of them, their programming stops once they clock out. I try my best to blend in and participate in conversation, but I find that I feel as though I'm wearing a mask the whole time I'm there.

Glad to see I'm not the only one in this position.

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It's a contract, and you're trading your time for money. Nothing more, nothing less.

This is my current mindset. It's quite comforting to think of it this way, as keeping it purely transactional keeps me sane.