I am a thoughtful engineer. I measure twice before cutting once. I generally code with lesser bugs because I think through my edge cases. I do boring engineering work.
I have fellow engineers who are fast, but messy. They set things on fire and they put out that fire. They create noise, and yet the company labels(and rewards) them "impactful". I spend non-trivial amount of time to review their code and provide feedback but I don't seem to get that "impact" tag.
People say that being thoughtful and doing boring work is good, but the incentives do not align. How would I go about marketing myself that I am as impactful, if not better, as they are?
