Reading the article, to me this sounds like a person who turned their hobby into their job, reasonably common in our industry and for anyone who ends up doing t

Reading the article, to me this sounds like a person who turned their hobby into their job, reasonably common in our industry and for anyone who ends up doing this, it will mostly end in frustration. > Consider a painter who is used to getting inspired and painting in long sessions. Imagine that they find themselves in a corporate setting where they can’t follow their intuitions and have to follow the laid-out process. Imagine a "team" of painters who all need to come up with a cohesive end result? You can't have Frank doing a bit of cubism in the bottom-left corner and Mitch doing some abstract realism in the top-right. And the reason you work in a team is because is most scenarios, having a single person doing all the work is a liability, especially when it comes to knowledge work. The work is based on a "brief", i.e. a set of requirements. These are given to you and with your knowledge and experience it is up to you (together with your team) to come up with the best result (taking into account a lot of trade offs such as cost, delivery schedule, maintainability etc). The work you deliver is not your work, it belongs to your client/employer.