[the_sleaze_]

This is quite a defensive posture. In my current role I've been able to see an incredible raft of insanity, not be obtuse or arrogant enough to dismiss solutions or the intelligence of those who made them, but literally make a communal list of refactor candidates. Then slowly but surely wrangle people and political capital to my side to eventually change them. Years later we still have cruft leftover but there are many many projects, some multi-year, which are now complete.

I also see a single-mindedness to specific technical implementations where a more mature view would be to see tech as a business and us less as artisans than blue collar workers.

> steve jobs on "You're right, but it doesn't matter" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o

[jiggawatts]

Your attitude is commendable! It’s what a true leader should do, and you deserve to be promoted for it.

My comment was a statistical observation of what typically happens in ordinary organisations without a strong-willed, technically capable leader at the helm.

Disclaimer: Also, I have a biased view, because as a consultant I will generally only turn up if there is something already wrong with an organisation that insiders are unable to fix.