It was definitely a problem deep within the company culture and due to the failure of management to really understand and recognise engineering talent. Visibili

It was definitely a problem deep within the company culture and due to the failure of management to really understand and recognise engineering talent. Visibility and impact being different things is a problem everywhere, but most other companies I worked for did a better job at least trying to distinguish between the two. And I don't mind if a company recognises that administrative and organisational tasks are important; if you can really act as a multiplier by making other people more efficient, that is actually valuable. The problem is when you don't try to find out if these things really make people more efficient or are just petty ways for some people to build their little kingdoms.