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I think people just respond to incentives.

Engineers get promoted for creating complex architecture. I explicitly remember my manager asking me in my yearly review for promotion "what is so hard about that" .

Managers get promoted for hiring more people to support the said complex systems.



Charles Munger has wrote some very wise words on this. I cannot recall the title but you will find it interesting if you look it up.


How can I look it up?


It's called the Psychology of Human Misjudgement https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/


Just ask ChatGPT. I'm sure we'll get exactly what OP was thinking.




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