[danck]

Once when I was frustrated with my current Job at a large corporation, an experienced friend told me the secret.

He said, they'd value "predictability over excellence".

Meaning, talk about your goals, give an estimation and arrive exactly on point. It doesn't matter if it's your personal project or projects/processes where you take the lead.

Being faster than estimated, or finding a better way and switching while your doing it will not be appreciated.

This really unlocked a lot of success and explained many glass walls i've been running into before.

[caleb-allen]

I joined a large company about 9 months ago, coming from startups, and while I knew things would be slower, your quote seems to make explicit something that I've observed in my time here.

I think I had the mentality of "putting out fires" that is always the case in startups, and so for a few months I was stressed that I wasn't doing enough, since my workload was lower than I'd experienced at startups.

But I've learned that the work that is value most is the work that helps others, and what helps others seems to be anything that is highly predictable. So, "showing up" and consistently being responsive and available during work hours. But also writing automations which are visible, reliable, and have a material impact on a team (or many teams).

Thanks for your insight, I think I'll keep that more front of mind in the coming weeks