Over-engineering is the curse of smart guys without enough experience. I believe this is well documented today, but maybe not that much in academia. What they

Over-engineering is the curse of smart guys without enough experience. I believe this is well documented today, but maybe not that much in academia. What they need to avoid this trap is to talk with people who got burned earlier. As a rule of thumb, don't design for future use case, ever. Future-proofing is a fool errand.