As someone who has worked for the 'Ama' part of that portmanteau for the last 2 years, and before that 5 smaller companies.
I would say it is a strange but not bad combination of being a cog + having autonomy. I feel like a cog in a very big machine, there are many other teams i interact with, but simultaneously I have more autonomy within my own business line than any other company I've worked in. I'm constantly asked to think of new ideas and ways we can improve our processes, architecture etc and have gotten to prioritise my own work on things that I thought were important.
I'm not sure if I'd say I'm 'shining', but I'm earning more money than I dreamed possible while learning from a lot of smart people, which lines up with pat's experience.
I would say it is a strange but not bad combination of being a cog + having autonomy. I feel like a cog in a very big machine, there are many other teams i interact with, but simultaneously I have more autonomy within my own business line than any other company I've worked in. I'm constantly asked to think of new ideas and ways we can improve our processes, architecture etc and have gotten to prioritise my own work on things that I thought were important.
I'm not sure if I'd say I'm 'shining', but I'm earning more money than I dreamed possible while learning from a lot of smart people, which lines up with pat's experience.