Your job becomes a Jira job when you're not good enough at making/choosing your own work. If you have enough autonomy you can just pick up something you want to

Your job becomes a Jira job when you're not good enough at making/choosing your own work. If you have enough autonomy you can just pick up something you want to improve (.. or just play with) and do that for a while. When it comes time to divide topics or choose what to focus on, make conscious decisions and you can often secure the most interesting work for yourself. Keep in mind that the work you do at the beginning might very well define the role and kind of work people will give you. This can be a blessing or a curse. If you want greater autonomy, work on hard topics. Not only can you fail more (it's hard after all, right?), but once you deliver a couple times on a hard topic others had trouble with you are given a lot more leeway to improvise. Your only enemy becomes the support requests then.. What I'm trying to say is if one is stuck with a Jira job, they're not motivated enough to convince others they're worth more. Disclaimer: some jobs give you no say in this and it's near impossible to move out of your little painted corner. Just don't work there.