> “well, there was probably something you’re leaving out. Everyone likes to think their contribution is the most important, but things are a team effort. We’re

> “well, there was probably something you’re leaving out. Everyone likes to think their contribution is the most important, but things are a team effort. We’re not all superheroes”. That's how people that give no contributions whatsoever would reply, I think. The pattern "identify thing that takes too long, local expert says it's unfixable and you don't understand, you fix it in a few hours, local expert downplays" is VERY common, but until the one controlling the budget is aware of reality I'm ok with it. And in those cases you see the good people because they get excited and want to help improve more things.