If you're scared of putting your actual opinions on here, why do it in the first place? Why even have an account? I'm sure if you searched through most people's comment history here, including mine, any given future boss could find something they take offense with, if they only looked hard enough.
I also find your implication that everybody here is (or should be) lying about their experiences reprehensible.
Disagreement is natural, and so is having different life styles. There are lots of people on here who view programming just as a means to a (business) end, or who only learned it in college and see it as a job skill, as opposed to a creative outlet. These people don't generally have problems getting hired, and I can see how some jobs and bosses would even prefer them.
I'm in the "programming as a passion" camp, and I can see lots of reasons why bosses would prefer not to hire some opinionated old neckbeard who thinks he's a creative snowflake.
I also find your implication that everybody here is (or should be) lying about their experiences reprehensible.
Disagreement is natural, and so is having different life styles. There are lots of people on here who view programming just as a means to a (business) end, or who only learned it in college and see it as a job skill, as opposed to a creative outlet. These people don't generally have problems getting hired, and I can see how some jobs and bosses would even prefer them.
I'm in the "programming as a passion" camp, and I can see lots of reasons why bosses would prefer not to hire some opinionated old neckbeard who thinks he's a creative snowflake.