I have a theory that if a team reaches a critical mass of FIRE people the culture begins to suffer. Mostly due to what you are describing: they are hustling all

I have a theory that if a team reaches a critical mass of FIRE people the culture begins to suffer. Mostly due to what you are describing: they are hustling all of the time instead of approaching thing in a more sustainable way, setting unrealistic expectations. But teams also benefit from having at least a few people innately interested in tech (too much “passion” is probably bad too). If lots of people consciously take the mercenary position, it can damage the whole team’s morale because unsurprisingly the necessary but unglamorous work gets de-emphasized more than usual. This eventually drags down everyone’s performance and increases the likelihood of stressful events like outages.