i work in a megacorp, in developer tooling. so in some sense i'm fixing the pipes, and nothing i do is even remotely related to any of the company's core produc

i work in a megacorp, in developer tooling. so in some sense i'm fixing the pipes, and nothing i do is even remotely related to any of the company's core products. but on the other hand my primary project has a three-person team, we have tons of autonomy, and a pretty large impact on code quality and developer experience across the company. plus most of what i do is open-sourced, and there is a lot of engagement with the open source community at large. and this year i'm going to expand my role to spend some time contributing to the cpython interpreter, which my manager is very supportive of. this pretty much is my dream job; everyone's dream doesn't have to include having visible user-facing impact or being part of product development. also the work-life balance is great; i get to put in my hours at work and actually be able to make plans that involve leaving at a reasonable time, which was not the case when i worked at a startup.