It's a tricky field, and not a coincidence that at least 3 (maybe more) high profile disgruntled employees from Google have been from this area. I think of it

It's a tricky field, and not a coincidence that at least 3 (maybe more) high profile disgruntled employees from Google have been from this area. I think of it as kind of like security, in that you are sometimes seen as against the push of the overall project/area. However unlike security there are 0 software tools or principles that anyone agrees on.