𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗗𝗘𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗙𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿. You're 3 weeks into a customer deployment. The customer suddenly asks for a feature that wasn't in scope. It's technically possible... But building it will: • Delay the deployment by two weeks. • Create technical debt your product team will eventually inherit. • Make the customer incredibly happy. • Set a precedent they'll expect forever. You have exactly 1 hour before your meeting with the customer. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 🟢 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔 — Build it. 🔵 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕 — Push back and explain why. 🟣 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖 — Find a completely different solution. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁. There isn't a correct answer. The best FDEs aren't defined by how much they build. They're defined by how they make tradeoffs under uncertainty. So here's the challenge: 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸. Tell us what you would actually do. Reply using this format: ① 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 (A, B, or C) ② 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 ③ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ④ 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿... 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀? I'm especially curious about something: Have you ever made the wrong decision in a similar situation? Not because you lacked technical skills... But because you misjudged the people, incentives, or long-term consequences. Those stories are often more valuable than success stories. 👇 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄. Then read someone else's response and tell them what you would have done differently. Let's compare decision-making not just outcomes.