> Part of being an employee or contractor is accepting that often you don't have the final decision. Once you have presented all your arguments as best you can

> Part of being an employee or contractor is accepting that often you don't have the final decision. Once you have presented all your arguments as best you can to all the relevant people you have to be prepared that they will turn around and say "I've heard your arguments and taken them into consideration, however we are still going to do it my way". I wish someone had explained this to me when I began my career. It would have saved 5 years of my professional life, a lot of frustration, and losing out on a really good job other than disagreements with my manager.