#11 is probably true in the general case, but for me I am the only engineer in the company on a revenue-based bonus scheme due to my ownership of a pet project.

#11 is probably true in the general case, but for me I am the only engineer in the company on a revenue-based bonus scheme due to my ownership of a pet project. It also doesn't stop me from working on other things. Obviously, if the company have the impression that 100% of your time needs to be on X then that's bad and they're probably getting that impression from you yourself.