+100. A lot of us love to over-engineer things because that's more fun to solve and looks good on a resume / evaluation. Kubernetes, (micro-)services, queues,

+100. A lot of us love to over-engineer things because that's more fun to solve and looks good on a resume / evaluation. Kubernetes, (micro-)services, queues, nosql, lambda and other aws service are examples that I've seen in the wild. These can absolutely be valuable and cost-effective, if the problem needs that complexity. I love engineers that focus on the user, problem and business. They are soo valuable, especially for startups and smaller companies. Engineers that love solving complex problems without thinking much about the user are still awesome, if they can operate in an organisation where that critical thinking is done by others (product people or other engineers)