I interviewed at a company that used a simple project to screen candidates. It was implementing a cash register checkout system. The task was soo simple that I couldn't figure out what they were looking for. So I implemented the simplest thing possible. I got the job partially because they were impressed by my utterly simple solution. I helped evaluate other candidates given the exact same problem and it's amazing how some people dialed up the complexity to 11. None of them passed the screening.
i think you can coach agents to build simple solutions in a simple way. I'm using amp rn so check back in 6 mo with me
You can try to explain this OP’s concept to a stakeholder in a 1000 different sensible ways and you’ll get blinking deer-in-headlight eyes back at you.
This skill is hard-earned and, so, rare.
Therefore, many hierarchies are built on sufficient mediocrity top to bottom.
Which works because bottom line doesn’t often matter in software dev anyway.
And even when it does matter it’s multiplicatively rare to have a hierarchy or even the market that it tries to serve who can build, comprehend, handle high power::complexity systems, products, tools.
it just isn't very appetising