Whenever I sense politics is more important to promotion that great job, I am leaving. I went into this field idealistic, driven for creating technology that ca

Whenever I sense politics is more important to promotion that great job, I am leaving. I went into this field idealistic, driven for creating technology that can change lives for the better, and way too often artificial red tape is put everywhere by clueless or outright evil managers in order to drive their agenda and increase their chances for promotions and more $ into their pockets. It's literally negation of every single value I stand for and often have no choice but to leave and work on my own projects. Even the best companies like author mentioned aren't immune to human nature and have many blind spots.