I would point to demoralized instead of lazy or stupid. If you talk to a lender they will immediately tell you about the programs as it’s in their interest for you to buy a home. A coworker and myself are military vets which lets us do the VA program. Even the finding a house to buy that isn’t paid for with cash 5-10% over asking is a nightmare. I lost 8 bids the first year trying. Also the prices for an home are just absolutely insane as starter homes don’t really exist anymore. New construction is focusing on McMansions and any 2 bedroom home is built in a 55+ community. Now I’m just venting.

Congratulations OP on the home. I hope to be in your shoes before I retire.

Not sure what this is implying. I personally know a few others (myself included) who have been working to get a house but stuck in the rent going up/cost of homes going up cycle. I feel (opinion) that most people would rather have a home instead of renting.

I take it being in a flat means you’re renting? How did you go about monitoring all of your power?

I would love to work through issues but the stock of developers we currently have seem to either the rejects or have as someone else stated “a god complex”. They remind me of pilots in the military. All in all it is a loss for my organization.

20 year IT guy and I second this. Developers tend to be more troublesome than the manager wanting a shared folder for their team.