On an individual level, if you are prone to perfectionism, take heed of its dangers to your mental health and productivity. On an organizational level, perfect

On an individual level, if you are prone to perfectionism, take heed of its dangers to your mental health and productivity. On an organizational level, perfectionism is a red herring. Yes, there is such thing as debilitating perfectionism, but 95% of "perfectionists" are really just people who care a lot about doing things properly (providing all the benefits that begets), but who aren't 10x greybeards, so they take longer to do it than a cheap dev would to shit out what looks like the same product at first glance. (You can say the same thing about "premature optimization", perhaps to a lesser extent.)