Well done Sir. I've worked as a back office software developer for a large corp for the past 4 years. My role specifically involves working directly with 2 external consulting companies. We have numerous BAs, PMs, Specialists and Directors.... the companies doing the work seem to have minimal technical staff and limited managerial guidance. In short, the developers often appear overworked, stressed and kinda in "don't give a fuck" territory. I have no idea why this is the case...I can't say that you're right - but you raise a valid point.
My first job out of university I worked for a major telco. If I was tasked with changing a piece of code: I had to write an impact analysis document to be reviewed, followed up by a technical design, unit test documentation and then finally I meticulously made code changes. Easily - 3-4 levels of management "signalling" my work. Not sure it really matters in the long run - corporate structure is key...to a successful corporation.
I worked for a major US consulting company doing work for General Motors. It was soul-sucking. I spent about 7 hours a day in MS Word updating and adding documentation. On the extremely rare occasion i pulled code - it felt weird and anxious. I was terrified of making a mistake. I now work at a digital agency where things are much more chill...I am happy.
This. Multi-billion/million dollar corporations don't "move fast and break things". They have an extremely solid managerial and organizational structure which keeps things afloat. OP is either disgruntled or unaware of how large companies work.
That's the entire point - large organizations are inherently broke. Read the article.
"large organizations are inherently broke" - you don't grow to be a 30BN/YR company by being inherently broke.