Can I ask why this got downvoted? I'd think there are some discussion-worthy points here. For instance, I'm not proud of it but at a former employer I talked t

Can I ask why this got downvoted? I'd think there are some discussion-worthy points here. For instance, I'm not proud of it but at a former employer I talked them out of load testing an app, which then had serious scaling issues. I learned my lesson the hard way.