> "but it's so simple! I could do it in an hour" This is such a common gripe, and I agree it's grounded in a lack of perspective. It reminds me of an image tha

> "but it's so simple! I could do it in an hour" This is such a common gripe, and I agree it's grounded in a lack of perspective. It reminds me of an image that helped me quit smoking. When you pick up a cigarette, imagine that a string is connected to every other cigarette you will smoke for the rest of your life, in a chain that stretches on into the future. You're not just picking up one cigarette. And similarly, you're not just picking up one hour of work, because there are 100 other features that fall into the same box.