[shimman]

Yes, why would teams of a company prefer shorter less risky projects to look better in front of the person that controls their livelihoods on whether they become homeless or die due to lack of health insurance next sprint?

Totally realistic and honest outlooks that are replicable throughout all swaths of industry really.

[tyleo]

You may be surprised but I’ve seen a lot of teams that seem to bias towards building the more complex thing.

I think calculating this sort of tradeoff is part of the skillset engineers tend to lack.

[shimman]

Yes, why would teams want to build a complex thing where they can claim tribal knowledge while building up their fiefs? Truly there is no junk incentive here, people just WANT complexity. No ulterior motives to be found!