I mean, up until which point do you have full autonomy of the work you do in a bigger org? I might be misunderstanding your point, but I've only ever seen a developer that gets to choose whatever they want to work on in solo, early stage, or bootstrapped startups.
I worked in 5k+ size companies. You didn’t choose your product per se (though you did agree to work for the company on that team), but you had influence over the roadmap and could choose your tickets (even create new ones and create entire — gated — features if you wanted). The team had autonomy and the leads were fantastic at fostering it.
