It's even worse. Even if you made a difference you won't know for certain and you'll mostly hear from people who didn't like what you did. One of the clearest s

It's even worse. Even if you made a difference you won't know for certain and you'll mostly hear from people who didn't like what you did. One of the clearest success you can get is avoiding worse shit that would have come to your org. That alone can have a massive impact, many times that of a average IC, but "avoiding worse shit" isn't entirely satisfying. It's just frustrating that it had to be avoided in the first place.