> "I thought this was great but maybe engineer X was on to something when he said Y could be an issue"
...said no trend-follower, ever.
Less flippantly, I do believe this might have been the case when the average tenure of engineers was much longer than today's 2ish years, but too often, by the time the idea does fail, enough people (even engineer X) are likely to be at different companies.
Very true. Although I have had people come back and say I was right. Not the trend follower, but those that blindly trusted them (usually most of the engineering team)
...said no trend-follower, ever.
Less flippantly, I do believe this might have been the case when the average tenure of engineers was much longer than today's 2ish years, but too often, by the time the idea does fail, enough people (even engineer X) are likely to be at different companies.