[joefiorini]

At an earlier point in my career I was exactly the "highly technical person" in the above comment. I have always taken the approach to my work outlined in the OP, and therefore my emphasis on "getting it right" has caused me to switch jobs quite a bit over the past few years.

For people like me, understanding business constraints is crucial. We must constantly question decisions, not to condescend, but to understand.

Once I understand the context behind a decision, I can then decide if I agree with it or not. If I don't, then I'm in a fight-or-flight situation: try to change it (may not be a reasonable option) or get out as soon as my commitments allow.

Typically once I understand the constraints I start to less like a cog and more like part of a larger effort to ship in spite of our difficulties.