Yup, exactly. The complexities of both running a large operation and operating globally are vastly greater than a small operation. Simply the number of nodes

Yup, exactly. The complexities of both running a large operation and operating globally are vastly greater than a small operation. Simply the number of nodes that must communicate has a combinatorial explosion. So, there needs to be a standard way of dealing with that, or entropy also explodes. So, bureaucracy happens, with processes that sorta fit everyone but rarely exactly fit, so friction increases. A saying I heard from Africa: "If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together". GP is going far and together, and yes the other people will necessarily slow you down vs going alone. The decision is whether one really wants this journey, in which case, learn how to work within the large org, or actually wants the faster but less secure career.