Yeah working at smaller shops has an advantage of less overhead and you can focus more on the pure technical stuff. It can be very rewarding. But aligning and

Yeah working at smaller shops has an advantage of less overhead and you can focus more on the pure technical stuff. It can be very rewarding. But aligning and navigating how to work through the org doesn’t have to be rear licking (although, it often is). Any big org requires you to figure out how to navigate it, even if it’s meritocracy. Understanding what your business needs and figuring out right solutions for it, that are realistic and can be delivered, is a very valid engineering work.