Agency, exactly. In my previous job I was at the bottom of the food chain, just doing tickets, with no real sense of agency or care for the project as a whole. I worked my daily hours and rarely a second past.

I found a new job where my responsibilities are now “build everything from scratch because we have literally nothing”, and it’s so empowering to feel that my creative and technical skills are being valued. Consequently I’m way more invested now than I ever was before.