Business value trumps tech issues/nice solutions/priorities/etc every time. Or put an other way: the guy paying for the party decides what goes and doesnt go, r

Business value trumps tech issues/nice solutions/priorities/etc every time. Or put an other way: the guy paying for the party decides what goes and doesnt go, regardless of how technically correct you are (or how correct your technical argument is). To put it bluntly, most of the time the message will be: “F your tech debt and long term considerations, just deliver business value in the short run.”.. just delivered in nicer wording. HOWEVER here is the epiphany. All of the above talk comes from the “business side” and they only speak business language. You speak the tech language which the business people do not understand (and thus you can get the last word on tech things). If you learn to speak the business language then you will be in the unique situation of speaking both tech and business, and you can use that to frame and control talks with the business people. That will enable you to steer the “all mighty - value now” people into decisions that incorporate tech concerns without them explicitly knowing this, enabling you to deliver value in a way that also allows you to provide your team with an environment where they can do great tech things. That will keep your team happy and delivering which will keep the business happy with your team. The bonus epiphany is: This is not even a bad thing for the business or misleading, since baking due and proper tech cosiderstions into business prioritization and decisions will benefit the business in the long run. They’ll just never realize it.