Not sure if I am high end. But I am a consultant. All my daily tasks revolve around making sure that what's going on (day to day) on a particular direction is e

Not sure if I am high end. But I am a consultant. All my daily tasks revolve around making sure that what's going on (day to day) on a particular direction is expected, sensible, understandable to the key stakeholders, and (most importantly) contributes to the company goals. I have to use my expertise to get all the information and insights myself, because I am almost never told what's going on and what's supposed to be going on and why. I tally up the aspects of the big picture almost daily, by talking to people, reading docs and code, connecting all the layers, comparing to the desired state, and then inferring the tasks for myself and my team. Which can be very different in nature from this week and the next.