I have an engineering degree and work in tech. I've also been part of more than 30 exhibitions around the world. Creating a new web app side project and an art

I have an engineering degree and work in tech. I've also been part of more than 30 exhibitions around the world. Creating a new web app side project and an art project in whatever medium is exactly the same type of creative work. However, being somebody working inside a large institution, whether tech or art, is not creative because you are limited by the org what you can say do and in practice even think. You cannot be creative there. So the environment either permits you or restricts you from being creative. You need to breakout and create your own environment to be creative in. And, once you become an established artist you have certain rules to follow so you can no longer be as creative as when you started out.