The counter to that is the allegory of the bricklayers. " A traveler came upon three men working. He asked the first man what he was doing and the man said he

The counter to that is the allegory of the bricklayers. " A traveler came upon three men working. He asked the first man what he was doing and the man said he was laying bricks. He asked the second man the same question and he said he was putting up a wall. When he got to the third man and asked him what he was doing he said he was building a cathedral." I get that you're not an accountant. However, I want to know that you understand the impact of your work. Someone who understands the larger picture will be able to cogently argue why this technical debt or bug is more important than that technical debt or bug. It's also the job of product to understand it, but the best product teams I've been a part of have multiple team members who understand the business impact. Sometimes, you'll be lucky and say that your feature contributed a million dollars to the bottom line. That's luck to some extent. However, I'm more interested that you understand the business context outside your individual work.