Comment by lll-o-lll

> I've noticed 2 patterns in my various gigs in the past: The virtuous cycle where I'm trusted to build something with significant autonomy from the start, I end up being happy, motivated, productive; and the vicious cycle when I'm just a new untrusted cog in their machine, my motivation & productivity plummet.

Yeah, I feel your pain on the viscous cycle. For what it’s worth, I have managed to “hang in there” in such situations and the situation turned around. Normally it requires some change in the upper management or getting into a different team/role though (as you said, a “new assignment”).

> Some would suggest I suck it up and work my way up, but to be honest I no longer have the energy to pay my dues over and over again.

I hear this too! It’s a massive pain to have to go through the “we don’t trust you” phase at a new company. Hopefully as we become more senior, this is less of a thing, but for me there’s always been a period of pain when changing jobs.