What makes me uncomfortable is tying my professional identity up with a part of the product lifecycle. Sometimes it's just fun to take on risk, and other times

What makes me uncomfortable is tying my professional identity up with a part of the product lifecycle. Sometimes it's just fun to take on risk, and other times, great to be able to eliminate risk. But fundamentally, almost everything in tech is a kind of wicked problem. Sometimes that problem domain sometimes shifts to areas where you have less control. Where things usually go off the rails are when you feel like you're no longer making contributions. I find _this_ is really what "pioneer people" are really griping about. It isn't that they need to "move fast and break things" or other such BS. It's that they got used to having control and seeing the impact of their work. After a while, things become complicated, and it becomes hard to see how they make much of a difference. Usually when I see one smart, inspired person leave because of "process", there's often a team left behind frequently spinning their wheels on something useless.