What's the difference between an engineer and a smart person? Well I've got a theory about that... lol
It's fun being an engineer until your space toilet doesn't flush.
Yes, someone may know someone who knows someone else who may, with the foresight of hindsight, have a way to get done that very thing that is needed BUT it will cost something greater than $999,999 and less than $1,000,001 in the sum that will fit in a freezer of the said someone else when...
I remember years ago someone posted on Slashdot a before and after of a management console for some tool. The first was "created" (we won't say designed...) by an engineer and had like 80+ settings squeezed into a single form, lots free entry fields and/or with cryptic abbreviations.
The UI...
Grew up with a kid down the street whose stepbrother was 6'8" and build like a refrigerator. He drove a Geo Metro with an engine the size of my fist (we helped him change the oil a few times, I saw it!! We were like, whaaaat...). Anyhow, he did that, sat in the back seat. You always knew it was...
I probably should've added more context and discussion. It's not directly applicable, but indirectly makes a point of "you don't know what you don't know", or, "you don't know what you're not looking for or willing to see".
As you point out, there's a horizon on these expensive, boutique items...
I remember watching Shark Tank I think and someone had some stylish thing they were hawking and Damen what's-his-face was obviously the target of the pitch. He was like, what plan do you have for what you can't sell?
"Oh we have full orders for the next 18 months".
"After that?"
"Well...
Hey man, just being [REDACTED] doesn't mean [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]!! C'mon, I wouldn't [REDACTED] unless of course [REDACTED] but if that's the case, [REDACTED] 'em!!