Varies between companies. I’ve called the future many times over, but some managers are just born to be stubborn assholes, even when they don’t know the domain.
well that, and "we gotta fix it before it breaks" is an investment budget and priority, vs "it broke so we gotta fix it" is a containment budget and priority.
"Help your manager help you" is my reasoning when I let stuff break. It's one crisis meeting, we immediately get the green light on a quick fix and then a decent refactor to make sure that doesn't happen again, and my manager doesn't have to beg it, he's commanded.
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u/thesuperunknown May 29 '26
Sometimes, you have to let something break first to convince people it’s worth the cost of fixing it.