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by beardyw 1681 days ago
The problem is that management is done by human beings who, by their nature, find it difficult to think rationally, and even if they do, their manager doesn't.

I ran a one man side project for 10 years. I made money from it, but after 2 years I came to realise my brilliant innovations weren't going to make any difference except to give me support headaches. I stopped making any change which wasn't necessary, and got on with my life.