"No one cares about handcrafted artisanal code as long as it meets both functional and non functional requirements"

Speak for yourself. I don't hire people like you.

And guess what? You probably don’t pay as much as I make now either…

Even in late 2023 with the shit show of the current market, I had no issues having multiple offers within three weeks just by reaching out to my network and companies looking for people with my set of skills.