Like anything, it depends. If you don't like being a cog in a large machine, look to smaller shops. I hate working in large firms precisely because I'm bad at s

Like anything, it depends. If you don't like being a cog in a large machine, look to smaller shops. I hate working in large firms precisely because I'm bad at shutting up and being a cog. And you know what? In big shops, painting outside of your lines actually can cause problems. Questioning decisions on things going on outside of one's domain causes slowdown (at the very least, wasted time in meetings where people explain why that stupid idea actually has to be that way, etc.) and frequently, conflict, because when the norm is "stay in your (metaphorical) cube", questioning decisions can all too easily look like an accusation of incompetence or as a power play. Go where your other skills have value.