[FridgeSeal]

Your comment has big “you’re just ticket monkeys” energy.

> A plumber isn’t going to refuse adding another bathroom to your house, they’re going to tell you how it can be done and tell you the cost

Let me know how the plumber reacts when you then tell him said bathroom needs to be freestanding 300m in the air, and the plumbing needs to be made out painted twigs and twine (because your housemate thinks they look pretty), and you also want heated stone floors and you have a budget of $250 and an ice-cream wrapper.

In the miraculous case said plumber accepts the job, make sure to change specs halfway through.

[devjab]

This is not what I said at all. I completely agree with the article on how you should present options to product and the customer, and then let them decide. In your example product and the customer comes with the solution on how to build it and what budget is needed to you. If you’re staying out of product and customer, then they should stay out of engineering.

In your case it would be your job to figure out how it could be done, figure out other cheaper options and then present them with clear outlines on what each option would cost. If you get a budget pushed on you from something like sales, then your organisation is dysfunctional similar to what GP was suggesting. (I’m obviously not suggesting that this doesn’t happen.)