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You are free to approach this as you wish. Know that others have been there before, but most of the industry has moved on from where your organization is now. It wasn't done by digging in heels and expressing frustration, and it certainly wasn't done by giving up.

The truth is, your manager's goals are probably more aligned with yours than either of your realize. Part of growing in your career is learning how to make the connection for other people between these unintuitive things that make development faster and the goals they are trying to achieve. I wouldn't give up on finding new ways to share that understanding. It's called working on your leadership skills.

I'll caveat that there are some cases where it doesn't make sense to do the things you described. Maybe you're working on a prototype, or maybe the cash situation of the business is truly precarious. But if you want people to buy in on change, you need to understand their goals and relate to them on that level. Good luck!

>>darker+(OP)
Thanks! This business is doing well, it’s just entrenched in its ways, leadership is old and averse to change. I made my peace with the situation, I’m not interested in becoming a lead or anything and I’d rather save my energy for my life outside of work. I understand this doesn’t necessarily work for everyone, and I hope your replies will be useful to others in similar situation but with more desire than me to change things. Anyway, whatever works!

>>ornorn+iy
That's fair. I don't recommend complaining on the internet about it because it normalizes bad behavior that used to be normal but no longer is in functional organizations. There are lots of younger developers on here who don't know any better, and while we oldsters can stick it out until retirement, their careers will be much more fulfilling if they recognize the capacity to change their environments.