You don&#x27;t get day to day supervision. Rather, you set your own agenda. Talk to product groups, figure out what could be new stuff. A lot of the work is prototyping and experimentation. It is easy to fall into rat holes. Ultimately, your performance review will come and you have to justify your existence (i.e. salary). Lots of freedom but also responsibility. I end up hacking a lot but many people at this level also have teams .. usually informally (i.e. people they work with for a particular project).