> To get to the next level you would have to create an independent project that you submit to the committee. What use is it to be able to create an independent

> To get to the next level you would have to create an independent project that you submit to the committee. What use is it to be able to create an independent project when 100 per cent of your work consists of delivering implementations according to specifications created by other people, using interfaces created by other people? Being able to create a single-developer green field project takes you about one fifth the way to being able to survive in large projects (where "large" may also mean a very simple project embedded in layers over layers of process, politics and regulations).