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Overly dramatic language aside, what else are engineers that come into a place that isn’t rife with greenfield opportunities expecting?

Most software work out there is babysitting. Oh I know, I know we’re rockstars inside.

In the early days, as the story goes, one person shipped a bunch of features. This part of the anecdote is underdeveloped, IMO. Hazy past recollections formed after emotionally processing a big shift.

Was someone bringing this up before manager and rockstar bailed? Sounds like the team and upper management as a hole lacked foresight, and this is an after the fact realization.

It’s a TEAM effort after all. Poor organization isn’t the fault of one brilliant eng or manager.