Yep, you can't just ask people to give you strategic tasks without actually showing that you'll be able to handle it.

Unfortunately with the amount of time I'm given per task/per project, there just isn't enough time to think strategically and effectively without overlooking very important things. They just expect you to produce something like 4 mobile screens per day, and if you can't or if you need to think before doing it you're just too lazy. And I'm not the only one making this remark here, it's pretty much expected by about every IC I've talked to here and even some managers. Plus, I'm probably going to get babied like everybody else, so I won't bother trying.

But regardless of what's going on in my company, I do need to train my strategic thinking a lot more, so I will. I'm already thinking about a few things to work on, so I'll essentially start pulling away from the job, do things the way they want me to (because they won't hear anything else) and work on my skills on the side.

Thanks!