It's not the only solution for building products. But you can still maintain dev autonomy. Instead of having senior team-members break apart work into story-siz

It's not the only solution for building products. But you can still maintain dev autonomy. Instead of having senior team-members break apart work into story-sized pieces a system can be broken apart into smaller pieces. Devs can still be working towards a specific business goal, but they can own a larger portion of their work, and they can work with longer deadlines. Also, I think dealing with those large scale issues is what separates a staff/principal dev from a senior dev.