The article uses JIRA is a touchstone that seems to equate to no autonomy. I think this is wrong.
I have worked at a good number of places, including a FAAMG.
The freedom that was given to me directly correlates to company size & seniority.
When I was younger, I didn't get much autonomy, why? because I was a naive arrogant prick. I would dream up solutions to problems that didn't exist. I would make existing problems worse by trying out new things.
When a company gets larger, it will bump into problems, missed features, deadlines or massive bugs. New procedures will get be implemented to make sure that those don't happen again. Ticketing is a good thing, so long as its developer lead. It allows delegation of tasks, and simple tracking of state. Its an artform that should be taught.
I was at a start up for two years that was bought out by a FAAMG. We were working on cutting edge computer vision research. We had a tight process, tracked with ticketing. We had complete autonomy.
We were chucked into SV "culture" only to find that is somehow managed to make cutting edge research both more chaotic and boring. Ironically I have much less freedom than I did when I worked at a large financial newspaper.
I have worked at a good number of places, including a FAAMG.
The freedom that was given to me directly correlates to company size & seniority.
When I was younger, I didn't get much autonomy, why? because I was a naive arrogant prick. I would dream up solutions to problems that didn't exist. I would make existing problems worse by trying out new things.
When a company gets larger, it will bump into problems, missed features, deadlines or massive bugs. New procedures will get be implemented to make sure that those don't happen again. Ticketing is a good thing, so long as its developer lead. It allows delegation of tasks, and simple tracking of state. Its an artform that should be taught.
I was at a start up for two years that was bought out by a FAAMG. We were working on cutting edge computer vision research. We had a tight process, tracked with ticketing. We had complete autonomy.
We were chucked into SV "culture" only to find that is somehow managed to make cutting edge research both more chaotic and boring. Ironically I have much less freedom than I did when I worked at a large financial newspaper.