> people are just unable to see simple solutions to problems This person might just have been terrified of admitting that all the (very tangible) time they spe

> people are just unable to see simple solutions to problems This person might just have been terrified of admitting that all the (very tangible) time they spent on payroll building this thing was for naught. It’s unclear how their manager might have responded to that. And they wouldn’t have been able to put „built system doing X used by Y developers and deployed to Z customers“ in their resume. The reasonable choice often doesn’t have much skin in the game.