Hi everyone,

I'll start by saying where I work is really an old antiquated web design shop. The websites they produce are old looking and usually full of flaws and errors. Occasionally they produce a solid gem but it's not even a weekly or monthly thing.

The problem with the company is the low pay. Someone with the 3 years experience I have should at least be making an additional half of my annual salary.

Another situation is the women here. The customer service ladies usually feed clients bad advice on the phone without verifying or checking sources. Countless times I hear "Oh google wants you to do this and this with your website". Usually this leads to more fuck ups.

Since we have a cubicle free setup, I'm stuck listening to these girls talk about their periods all day and Lena Dunham, celebrity gossip.

We have a quality assurance girl who is supposed to looks over things before completed work is sent to the client. Problem is she half-asses it and doesn't even bother looking over the work of the cute funny popular guys in the office who give her tingles. She digs through my work with a fine toothed comb. Often she asks for rework based on her feels. Company's logo is a certain color? Throw some splashes of purple on the website because she feels like purple today. Did I mention she has no design background? She's favored heavily at work, so they're not looking for someone more competent any time soon.

Often times when the work from the jock bros come back full of errors, other people have to fix and clean up their mess.

I know what I really need to do is brush up on my development skills and fine higher paid work, but while I'm stuck here, how can I make things better for me?