I achieved this state of 'you can choose whatever you want to do here, you are too useful to loose' on my previous job and it was pretty great. The main problem with this is you have to invest couple of years to get proper reputation. But you need to be mindful about what you actually get for your efforts. I've started working at [faang] a year ago and now I'm pretty sure I've wasted this year. While I got my share of good reputation, the team I'm working in is basically an island. There is no visibility to other teams, so I can't convert my local reputation into ticket to choose projects I like.