> really did not like someone demonstrating a working prototype
In my long and painful experience in software development, almost no stakeholders like being shown they've wasted time and effort on something even if they were told from the start it was a waste.
(Although I suspect the kind of people who would be pleased to see a working prototype are also the kind of people who would listen to reason in the first place...)
> I got a thorough chewing out for disrupting their processes
Had that a few times. Been eased out of contracts for it too.
In my long and painful experience in software development, almost no stakeholders like being shown they've wasted time and effort on something even if they were told from the start it was a waste.
(Although I suspect the kind of people who would be pleased to see a working prototype are also the kind of people who would listen to reason in the first place...)
> I got a thorough chewing out for disrupting their processes
Had that a few times. Been eased out of contracts for it too.