Update: Through some digging and serious luck, I managed to find where I first heard this story [1] and here are the actual details: - This is an "I know a guy

Update: Through some digging and serious luck, I managed to find where I first heard this story [1] and here are the actual details: - This is an "I know a guy..." story from a podcast. I don't have any blog posts or written pieces for you. - The setting: Intel in the 90's - Allegedly, they hired a team of PhDs to look into designing some "mobile" software -- pretty new back then. No deadlines, management essentially just said "go look into this" - The project went on for 2 years. Code was designed, but no code came out of it. They more or less just blew millions of $$$. [1] https://softskills.audio/2016/05/02/episode-9-deadlines-and-titles/ https://softskills.audio/2016/05/02/episode-9-deadlines-and-... Roughly 8 minutes and 20 seconds into the podcast.