It really does make life miserable in a low key way. Of course it depends a lot on the organisation and the personalities that you work with, particularly manag

It really does make life miserable in a low key way. Of course it depends a lot on the organisation and the personalities that you work with, particularly management but I would say for every 1 great manager who notices and appreciates your contributions there are 9 who don't. I have a very cynical perspective of workplace dynamics because I've been (and seen others) burnt too many times for taking the initiative or being (in my opinion) too naive in their relationship with management and HR. edit: I think i was a bit too harsh my original comment. I think it is good to make yourself disposable (to yourself) but not to the company. If that makes sense. I have lots of documentation and cmd scripts for basic automation but I avoid sharing them on internal wikis or repos. I only share them with devs on request informally.