> Most companies ultimately value more predictable and less productive over slightly crazy and more productive. I realized this is kind of my situation.. advice

> Most companies ultimately value more predictable and less productive over slightly crazy and more productive. I realized this is kind of my situation.. advice on what do is much appreciated :) Are you considering yourself as "slightly crazy and more productive" (it's not certain from the wording)? If so, you may want to think in terms of time perspectives. Another way of viewing the dichotomy is "Most companies ultimately value (more predictable and less productive in the short term and more productive in the long term) over (slightly crazy and more productive in the short term and less productive in the long term). Thinking oneself as "more productive" doesn't motivate to build the personal and technical skills required in the long term, instead, it centers the focus on one's ego (I'm cool; if they don't hire me, it's because they're wrong). But I'm also skeptical of the entire concept, at least in some cultures. Excluding staff workers, there's a lot of mobility in American companies, to the point that it's quite common to change company every few years (say, 2 to 5). How "crazy" should one be to start disrupting productivity even before a couple of years?