Comment by harimau777
4 hours ago
From what I've observed, the big problem with working in tech is that you have all of the responsibility but none of the authority or autonomy. By comparison, in most service sector jobs you have no authority or autonomy but also little responsibility. In other engineering disciplines you have a lot of responsibility but also much more authority and autonomy.
> the big problem with working in tech is that you have all of the responsibility but none of the authority or autonomy
Very apt description of "Big Tech". That's why I decided to leave as well. This combination just creates a lot of stress and it was negatively impacting my health.
You really put it succinctly and very accurately, I imagine you read this somewhere?