You Have to Feel It

Good thought, but corporations don't care, and a whole lot of folks that play the corporate game won't, either. Money will still be made. Careers will still be advanced.

It think it was Theodore Sturgeon that said "90% of everything is crap."

For myself, I enjoy what I do. I write software that I want to use, in a way that makes me feel good.

I have no illusions that I would be allowed to work like this, if I were still in the workforce, though.

there are pockets even in the corporate world where people are able to feel what they are doing

in my experience, those times have been with the most talented and productive people. perhaps they don't need the crutch of process

it is rare, and does not last forever. as teams scale up, this is gradually lost. regression to the mean?

leading with feeling is vulnerable. it can be very rewarding when met with like or very damaging when crushed under the corporate wheel

It's the same in other aspects of life too. Like where the cool bars are with the cool people. Over time it gets popular, overrun with average people and tourists. Then the cool people move their cool parties to some new, more obscure place and the cycle repeats. Same with online platforms.

The people in those pockets will have to use their discernment to figure out where the next pocket is located. But it can't be something that everyone can easily do.