But I'm not usually a bitter person. This industry beats us down over and over again, until this indifferent affect is the only way we can get through the day

This industry has stolen so may fun, happy people from you. This society has done that. There's a lot of amazing, lovely engineers who simply can't make the effort anymore.

Think about that the next time you roll your eyes at someone who's snarking in the back. We don't want to be like this. We just don't have anything else left