From the perspective of an engineer who cares about nothing but getting paid, the whole discussion in the OP is irrelevant, no? the whole thing is about somebod

From the perspective of an engineer who cares about nothing but getting paid, the whole discussion in the OP is irrelevant, no? the whole thing is about somebody else's problems irrelevant to you, you'll get paid and probably not fired with or without irrelevant due dates.