deadlines [...] are designed around the assumption of a reluctant workforce who have to be clubbed into line Er, no. Sometimes it's the opposite of reluc

deadlines [...] are designed around the assumption of a reluctant workforce who have to be clubbed into line Er, no. Sometimes it's the opposite of reluctance. Lots of enthusiastic coders will code away endlessly, never shipping, unless there's some sort of deadline even if it's a self-imposed one. We can see this in many creative and/or engineering pursuits. A passionate writer may revise their work for all eternity without deadlines. Etc.