I'm absolutely not running the same software. I'm not organizing the information the same way. I'm not using the same infrastructure abstraction, and even less configuring it in any similar way. I'm not writing the same languages.

The work environment is dictated by consensus between many people, with varying expertise, and weighted by how much work one is willing to put into each aspect of it. Each of those parts lead to bad tech, even though they lead to good people organization.

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 5 points 11 hours ago

You are telling me that you can't proof of concept something without a matching tech stack? Or learn exactly how a new tech works? It also sounds like you should never give your work any of your personal time, you won't gain anything except for more work.