It is important to realize that big companies are friction free to a small set of folks; you will note marked tiers of less friction at some earlier point. You

It is important to realize that big companies are friction free to a small set of folks; you will note marked tiers of less friction at some earlier point. You appear to have had a full-friction experience. This mostly has to do with top-down control and trust and should you get to do what you want to do because it’s maybe probably locally optimal but you didn’t notice the 5 semi trailers that will crush you on your current trajectory. Your last two sentences are fair enough, but perhaps this adds some context.