Do you actually just like programming and hate “engineering” side of things? What if you just did programming but we’re told how to program? Sometimes people

Do you actually just like programming and hate “engineering” side of things? What if you just did programming but we’re told how to program? Sometimes people get burned by processes and sometimes people just don’t want others opinion and want to do their own way in their own world. I honestly go through ebbs and flows between the two and honestly I think a good middle ground is some process. I’ve learned a lot (and literally did just yesterday from an RFD review) so I can’t dismiss process altogether. If I want more autonomy I’d work at a smaller company. I do miss the days of my old company where I wrote so much of the system. From payments to auth to order and fulfillment. It was fun, and I knew everyone in the company. Thinking more about it writing this just now though, I think my code would’ve been better with more reviewers nudging in the design process. You might want to consider doing some open source hobby work as well btw; I am doing that rn.