> If an engineer says it would take 1 month to build a feature so it's sufficiently reliable, and the manager says "nah that's ridiculous, you have 1 week" Thi

> If an engineer says it would take 1 month to build a feature so it's sufficiently reliable, and the manager says "nah that's ridiculous, you have 1 week" This is just standard corporate accountability avoidance on the side of the engineer though. Most people don’t want to be accountable for any risk so they advise against it, or give impractical advice, so that somebody else has to make the decision and hold the accountability.