You sound very defeatist about fighting bureaucracy. If you work at an org with too much management, you can slowly push to move it in the direction you hope fo

You sound very defeatist about fighting bureaucracy. If you work at an org with too much management, you can slowly push to move it in the direction you hope for or leave. If you keep ending up at places that seem impossible to change, perhaps you should ask more questions about this during the interview. I've worked at many small companies where there wasn't crazy bureaucracy because that's definitely what I preferred. I also currently work at a megacorp and yes there is difficulty, but being consistent and persuasive has lead to many things slowly heading in the right direction. Things take time. You have to realize why people have made things some way and then find convincing arguments to make things better. Sometimes places do just suck so don't stick around. But being hopeless doesn't seem helpful.