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I think it varies company to company. The general trend is that you have expectations for impact (you are paid a lot and presumably have to be generating more value to the company than they're paying you) but you also get a lot of freedom of how you do your work, as long as it gets done well. Work like balance is definitely something to ask about when choosing a specific company.