Comment by pc86

> I am also quite often seen as an asshole because I don't ask "everyone" for permission and mostly care about my actual boss.

This speaks to me, I have often been told that I'm supposed to get "permission" to launch something from product, from my boss's peers leading other teams, from customer support, from design, from pretty much everyone. When pressed, there's never a realistic justification as to why (for example) a designer who hasn't touched the work in months should be in a position to approve a launch.