> I'm automatically thinking it's unglamorous, and marking a career plateau (perhaps decline). This may be a bug in your thinking, although the lack of organiz

> I'm automatically thinking it's unglamorous, and marking a career plateau (perhaps decline). This may be a bug in your thinking, although the lack of organizational glamor checks out. The new shiny often gets the most attention. Often because it's trying to cross the gap from non-existence and out of mind to mind share and adoption, so marketing budget (literal but also emotional and attentional). However, the start of a project is usually far simpler, less constrained, and easier. Most of the truly hard trade-offs and the impacts from decisions don't come due until later. Not only this but the deep learning comes from observing these outcomes and starting to understand how the decisions in the beginning come together.