I believe the detachment gets exacerbated by the fact that others are simultaneously modifying the codebase at speeds that doesn't allow you to keep up. Dependi

I believe the detachment gets exacerbated by the fact that others are simultaneously modifying the codebase at speeds that doesn't allow you to keep up. Depending on how the codebase boundaries and ownership are defined, this directly impacts your ability to reason about the whole system and therefore influence direction.