Yea, I don't see the complaint here. It's part of my job to let whomever the client may be that what they're doing may be a bad use of resources (typically in a documented email in a very positive tone with lots of "decision makers" on the email, also with a nice lead in explanation as to a way it could be efficient under some set of circumstances so they can copy paste that as their "well we weren't sure" pathway forward).
After that, I really really don't care anymore, that's someone else's problem. I've played that soapbox and it's a waste of my time and energy. I make sure responsibility is passed back, documented and proceed. If you want to throw hundreds of thousands or millions at me and whomever to some wasteful request, go for it. You have the option, you've been warned, and I've given you a valid excuse to proceed with high risk, high uncertainty of ROI option with everyone important involved.
I do a lot of contractual/consulting work so even warning can mean early termination of work forward, so I'm taking a risk even informing you (some people actually listen and work stops early during consulting time and development follow up never occurs, these are the smart people and they're bad for my livelihood)--I could just do whatever you ask and get paid. If I were salaried, there's even less risk of me losing income forward by informing so I say in those cases just do your professional due diligence go let people know it's a bad idea without creating political land mines for anyone, then allow them to step on land mines at their own discretion.
After that, I really really don't care anymore, that's someone else's problem. I've played that soapbox and it's a waste of my time and energy. I make sure responsibility is passed back, documented and proceed. If you want to throw hundreds of thousands or millions at me and whomever to some wasteful request, go for it. You have the option, you've been warned, and I've given you a valid excuse to proceed with high risk, high uncertainty of ROI option with everyone important involved.
I do a lot of contractual/consulting work so even warning can mean early termination of work forward, so I'm taking a risk even informing you (some people actually listen and work stops early during consulting time and development follow up never occurs, these are the smart people and they're bad for my livelihood)--I could just do whatever you ask and get paid. If I were salaried, there's even less risk of me losing income forward by informing so I say in those cases just do your professional due diligence go let people know it's a bad idea without creating political land mines for anyone, then allow them to step on land mines at their own discretion.