I cannot agree more. That’s also why personally I strongly prefer to work on infra rather than product teams. You get so much insulation from random whims of the leadership or PMs and you get simply pursue technical excellence. I don’t want to contribute to “visible ‘wins’ of a product launch” at all. I’m happy that I currently work at a medium-sized company (head count between 1k and 10k) that has been around for 30+ years and my work involves quietly improving the infra used by other teams.