They're both good. Stop trying to reduce a multivariate problem to a single variable problem. Managing a software project, leading a team, running a company, ra

They're both good. Stop trying to reduce a multivariate problem to a single variable problem. Managing a software project, leading a team, running a company, raising children are multivariate problems. There is no right answer or best tradeoff in all circumstances. Everything is highly context dependent and there's a balance. You have to walk that line and be careful not to stray too far to either side in everything. You can be too assertive, you can not be assertive enough. You can focus too much on technical debt, but you can also not spend enough resources addressing it and have it cost you more in the long run. Find the balance. Thats what leadership, and more broadly, life, is all about.