The only reason you really need is that the customer wants it done that way. As I grow older, I become less enthusiastic about protecting other people from the

The only reason you really need is that the customer wants it done that way. As I grow older, I become less enthusiastic about protecting other people from the potential consequences of their decisions. At this point, I will still warn about those consequences, but only so that my company will get contracted again later, to do the thing I suggested in the first place. I: You could speed up this workflow by doing X. They: No... It needs to look exactly like this paper form. I: Your wish is my command. [3 months pass] They: We want you to change this form by doing almost exactly X. Boss: [holds out hand, rubs fingers together] They: [writes fat check] I: Your wish is my command. They: Just make sure that it still looks like the form when I print it. I: [dying a little inside] Your wish is stu... still my command. [3 months pass] They: The printed forms are crap. We want you to export the data to an Excel spreadsheet. Boss: [holds out hand, rubs fingers together] They: [writes fat check] I: Your wish is my command. [continue in this fashion until your death]