I worked at an insurance company doing mainly 3 things: maintaining an existing system, being lead on swapping out a different system for something newer, and r

I worked at an insurance company doing mainly 3 things: maintaining an existing system, being lead on swapping out a different system for something newer, and rewriting a small bit of the business to be automated. I was never treated better than on that last project because I could say "This new thing will save the company $XX,000 a week." Feature-creep and hassles are significantly reduced when you can put direct dollar values on things.