As you get more senior, the feedback loops go from one day to two years.

The steering wheel is connected with tons of leverage, but tons of lag.

Very very hard to learn in that environment.

So by the time you notice what it's done and realize it's wrong, you're already wildly off-track.

You'll ask yourself, "who's causing all of this thrash and wasted effort?" and the answer will be "me, months ago."