Software used to be, "I have a cool idea for a program / app that will solve the business issue x. I'll go work on it." Then the dev spends a few weeks working

Software used to be, "I have a cool idea for a program / app that will solve the business issue x. I'll go work on it." Then the dev spends a few weeks working on it and has a product to show. If it is worthwhile, the dev will be able to clean it up and make it production ready. This is where the woodworking idea comes in. You create. You have ownership and accountability. Today, that is almost completely gone. Now it's Business has been forced to design a system for you that doesn't make a whole lot of sense and a bunch of stuff wasn't considered. If you push back, you'll get dragged into endless meetings where you try to explain things to people who have zero training on what you are explaining. You'll get pushback because their egos will get involved and eventually overruled on most of it. After that, you will get a week to work on a sliver on it, then next week you'll work on a different sliver but often whatever business decides, not what makes sense. You'll also get a bunch of processes to weigh you down because they hired a bunch of goobers cheap that keep breaking stuff. When this doesn't work, it will be your fault.