But that's the problem with the OP's job - "first hire onto the brand new JS Infra team".
That doesn't sound like a customer/external developer-facing position.
It can be hard to make a visible impact when your work is hidden behind many layers. But that's the nature of their job - it's not a "rainmaker" position, it's a cost centre.
But it sounds like they wanted to have a job that had more visible impact.
That doesn't sound like a customer/external developer-facing position.
It can be hard to make a visible impact when your work is hidden behind many layers. But that's the nature of their job - it's not a "rainmaker" position, it's a cost centre.
But it sounds like they wanted to have a job that had more visible impact.