Discussion on: I've just started a new job and they want me to work with technology I see as no benefit to my career, what do I do?

Sticking around for a year or so might help you get your next job. But if you can get the next job without doing that, go for it. It's not like you're doing it every three months. My answer was just focused on the long-term solution to being where you want to be down the road. There's nothing wrong with a shortcut if you find one.

I feel for you. Writing software takes some mental energy which is hard to give if you're not enjoying it. When a company puts a developer in that situation I can see their point of view, but it reflects a lack of understanding which is very common and hard to change. It's like raising pigs in tiny cages, not because you're cruel, but because you don't know that pigs in tiny cages aren't happy, and that they can do amazing things if they're not in tiny cages.