Yeah, ultimately you're paid to deliver results. Criticism is only of value to the degree that it leads to better results; there is zero value in predicting failure per se. Some people place so much value on being right that they lose sight of the actual goals (and I won't say I'm immune to this, but marriage helped). Nothing with a high upside is low risk, so as en employee you need to inherently frame all risks in terms of identifying the most likely path to succeed.

The only alternative is to advocate for inaction, but then why are they paying you? Those kind of bets can make sense for private equity investors, but not for employees, and my builder-brain just finds them dull and annoying.

> Some people place so much value on being right that they lose sight of the actual goals (and I won't say I'm immune to this, but marriage helped).

Thanks I appreciate the hindsight ! This is so true.