Comment by swat535

> The clear specifications, reasonable timelines, and enough technical freedom, let you focus on clean, secure, resilient architectures.

I have no idea where you work but 90% of companies are not like that. In fact, it's the opposite: filled with awful management, terrible timelines and legacy code.

Engineering had always been a nuisance to them and getting basic approval for maintenance regarding technical debt has been an uphill battle.