"This feeling of loneliness got quantified when the commit number came up. The problem is people just accept whatever I say. I used to get challenged in some of

"This feeling of loneliness got quantified when the commit number came up. The problem is people just accept whatever I say. I used to get challenged in some of my decisions, which I always appreciated since I could create better solutions. Nowadays people just accept whatever I say as the best way. It feels like I don't have peers." This chunk here is consistent across fields. It means that you are the big fish in this pond. Some people like that. Some people hate it. It looks like you're in the latter camp, and that means that you want to look for a job elsewhere, in an organization which is bigger in one specific metric: the number of people who can teach and mentor you. Ascertaining that metric is very difficult. You should also be aware that if you find such a group, you may not like it as much as you think you will. Humans have a lot invested in status, and your status will decrease significantly if you move to a group where you are merely better than average, or perhaps a little below average. New job energy may mask that for some months.