TLDR Tech / DevOps
Large tech companies don't need heroes
Large tech companies are primarily driven by entrenched systems of incentives and processes, meaning individual “heroic” efforts rarely change overall outcomes and often go unrewarded. Managers and teams can still exploit such heroism for short-term gains, so engineers should focus their efforts on work that aligns with formal incentives rather than trying to fix systemic inefficiencies on their own.
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