> and the house engineer isn’t going out of the way to do any more work than what is absolutely necessary
Most contractors: Doing the absolute minimum necessary and cutting corners
Most contractors: Doing the absolute minimum necessary and cutting corners
Most homeowners (product managers) want the cheapest (fastest) thing that fixes (delivers) a working home (feature) to them. When given the options those are generally what people choose.
Sure some contractors (software engineers) always cut corners, but I believe many take pride in their work and given the option would prefer a solution they take pride in.