>Take this as a learning experience: don't assume that you are at a startup where people will drop everything to handle a request from you right away. Instead,

>Take this as a learning experience: don't assume that you are at a startup where people will drop everything to handle a request from you right away. Instead, assume that people are dealing with a lot of other requests, from a lot of other people. Learn how the system works, and learn how to be effective within that system. Somewhat ironically, I just left a FAANG where people constantly had this behavior of expecting me (or other members of my team) to drop whatever and prioritize their request. I kept mentioning this to my manager as an issue because we needed to figure out a way to prevent this, maybe change it, etc. But basically it's a "company culture" thing (some people might be able to guess which company).