[virgilp]

The challenge here is that it's incredibly hard to know how to add value, from the outside. Especially for not-very-senior positions, adopting this tactic can backfire big time. I interviewed a guy who attempted to tell us how he'd design our systems, and only showed a severe lack of understanding of the domain () (which is really not surprising, it takes most people at least a few months to start to grasp it).

() It also smacked of arrogance - it's as if he thought he knew better than people working on it "how it should really be done".