I think there's a pretty big gap between "software first" companies and engineering driven ones (car companies, "Maschinenbau" etc.). Sometimes the cultural gap

I think there's a pretty big gap between "software first" companies and engineering driven ones (car companies, "Maschinenbau" etc.). Sometimes the cultural gap is pretty shocking to me. I made a career decision to avoid engineering driven companies for software related jobs because the situations are usually similar to your scenario.