Two articles on this topic: You are Not Google (my favorite): https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/you-are-not-google-84912cf44afb https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/you-are

Two articles on this topic: You are Not Google (my favorite): https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/you-are-not-google-84912cf44afb https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/you-are-not-google-84912cf44afb A piece from my Notes to a Young Software Engineer that likens engineering media to a bazaar, not a mirror of the industry: Beware Engineering Media: https://www.nemil.com/on-software-engineering/beware-engineering-media.html https://www.nemil.com/on-software-engineering/beware-enginee... (Martin Fowler's YAGNI article is also great)