Thankfully not 2.5 work years. See above for explanation. Probably around 0.5 work years, smeared over almost a decade. And no, not an actual business problem,

Thankfully not 2.5 work years. See above for explanation. Probably around 0.5 work years, smeared over almost a decade. And no, not an actual business problem, a constructed problem. But in the same domain. (See other comment above)