My mother had a saying: Choose your battles. I feel like the value of calling things "not my problem" in software is undervalued. You cannot fix every problem,

My mother had a saying: Choose your battles. I feel like the value of calling things "not my problem" in software is undervalued. You cannot fix every problem, you cannot train every engineer, and you cannot control everything. Learn to prioritize. If it is not on your head, don't fuck with it. I understand the instinct to fix a Big Problem and look great to management. However, this is too high risk. If you solve the problem, you are a hero. If you fuck it up, you are an idiot and fired and cost the company $$. Why run the risk at all? Just cash the paychecks and fix other things that can't go catastrophically wrong.