A tragedy with most megacorps is that they program their talented & ambitious product people to conflate what it takes to get promoted with what it takes to create actual customer value. 
What can megacorps do about this?
I am not an expert and I don't know if anything significant can be done. Megacorps are incredibly complex entities and I doubt that any simple/obvious/seductive advice such as "do X, don't do Y" is practicable enough to effect meaningful change.
I am not an expert and I don't know if anything significant can be done. Megacorps are incredibly complex entities and I doubt that any simple/obvious/seductive advice such as "do X, don't do Y" is practicable enough to effect meaningful change.
However, I do think that there's a concrete lesson for talented & ambitious people working at megacorps.
If you want to eventually build your career outside of megacorps, you need to avoid drinking the megacorp kool-aid.
This is not easy, but quite do-able with self-awareness.
If you want to eventually build your career outside of megacorps, you need to avoid drinking the megacorp kool-aid.
This is not easy, but quite do-able with self-awareness.
You need to accept that a lot of what gets you recognition at a given megacorp doesn't actually matter elsewhere
After a few years at a megacorp, many of the new "skills" you gain are irrelevant for delivering customer value in the outside world.
So operate with this awareness.
After a few years at a megacorp, many of the new "skills" you gain are irrelevant for delivering customer value in the outside world.
So operate with this awareness.
Lastly, here are 3 frameworks to better understand your work within an organization.
1) The fundamental framework of product work
1) The fundamental framework of product work
https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1370248637842812936
2) The 3 types of work within an organization
https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1329330848919810049
3) The crossover point
(most megacorps tend to be close to the extreme end of the X-axis in that figure)
(most megacorps tend to be close to the extreme end of the X-axis in that figure)
https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1332889514079965186
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