This all sounds JUST LIKE ME!!! I always tell them just tell me what needs to get done and when it's due by and I'll have it ready! Unfortunately when you work for the big bucks in a corporation, they will expect you to be a "team player" and fill out your TPS reports like everyone else. Unfortunately, since I don't have a 4 year degree I don't get the BIGGEST bucks but do ok. I HATE looking for work and applications and phone calls as well. I actually paid a firm to make my resume because I'm a developer, not a wordsmith. SOOO, in order to keep the big bucks I have to hold my nose and step in line as well as do my FUN stuff on the side like Software Design/Microcontrollers/Hardware as well I was rebuilding a whole new flight sim from scratch. Right now I have a product to start selling for quadcopters/planes/cars in the near future which was scratch built/designed from my idea last year.