How do I handle my manager not letting me do my job?

I'm the only software engineer at the company I work at. Leadership lacks technical experience yet micro-manages every PR (specifically UI nitpicks), delaying our MVP. Their main focus is "perfecting" features before getting actual user feedback or market validation.

This feels less like building a startup and more like executing a non-technical persons "vision" without a say from the person who was hired to do the job (me). What do I do?

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The only thing you can do is remind them of the importance of shipping a product over shipping a "perfect" product. Communicate it in terms of impact on the company vs your preference.

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You don’t have a lot of leverage for things you can do sadly. There are a ton of founding software engineers likely who were on the same boat and I think in the beginning it’s more about puppetry market fit so it may feel not picky in that phase

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Find a job elsewhere. You'll never change a manager like that.

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