> OS/metal and wisely choosing tools can somehow protect an engineer from politics and provide an environment with more grunted, real, technical constraints. L

> OS/metal and wisely choosing tools can somehow protect an engineer from politics and provide an environment with more grunted, real, technical constraints. Lots of “that’s a good idea but it’s impossible to predict all the side effects of that change so no.” You’ll encounter managers who think you should be shipping at the velocity of a high level programmer. Overall I enjoy it more but the politics don’t go away.