Typical Feedback of Software Engineer

When the developer is just doing whatever is assigned to him/her - the manager feels that, he/she should be proactive.

When he/she is proactive and taking bigger things - The controllers of the project feel that, he/she should not have done that.

When he/she is proactive just at the code level - Other team members of the project see it as a red flag, and raises to his/her manager, and his/her manager asks him/her to stop doing that.

When the developer is just doing whatever is assigned to him/her - the manager feels that, he/she should be proactive.
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It never ends.