As another senior software developer, but at smaller companies, this was my answer as well.
If I start right away, the idea they had in their had but couldn’t put on paper will emerge as “No, that’s wrong” about a million times, trying to coax my idea into being their idea.
If I wait for their idea to be on paper, they’re stuck for it and if I do what they said, even if it’s awful, there’s no consequence to me. If I do what I wanted, even if it’s amazing, it’ll be destroyed in front of me and they’ll think I’m a screwup because I didn’t do what they wanted.
If you’re one of the people that control the company, you can afford complete creative freedom. If you aren’t, everything you do will be crushed in front of you, and you’ll just have to work harder to get back up to speed with what they really wanted.
And I don’t even have the “5 other teams” problem, since I’ve been in small companies. That would make it 10x worse.
As another senior software developer, but at smaller companies, this was my answer as well.
If I start right away, the idea they had in their had but couldn’t put on paper will emerge as “No, that’s wrong” about a million times, trying to coax my idea into being their idea.
If I wait for their idea to be on paper, they’re stuck for it and if I do what they said, even if it’s awful, there’s no consequence to me. If I do what I wanted, even if it’s amazing, it’ll be destroyed in front of me and they’ll think I’m a screwup because I didn’t do what they wanted.
If you’re one of the people that control the company, you can afford complete creative freedom. If you aren’t, everything you do will be crushed in front of you, and you’ll just have to work harder to get back up to speed with what they really wanted.
And I don’t even have the “5 other teams” problem, since I’ve been in small companies. That would make it 10x worse.