Gary anticipated praise during a meeting with his managers due to recent project successes. He had inherited a chaotic application with an absurd number of duplicated controllers and a disorganized infrastructure. The system suffered from poor uptime and a manual, unreliable deployment process. The backlog was equally unmanageable, lacking any priorities or clear task descriptions. Gary and his team, however, took initiative to address the critical issues. They significantly reduced cloud costs by eliminating redundant resources and implementing strategic planning. Implementing a CI/CD pipeline streamlined deployments and drastically improved system uptime. Gary was ready to present these achievements, expecting commendation. Instead, his managers expressed concerns about his perceived lack of progress on the outdated roadmap. Despite Gary's explanations of substantial cost savings and improved development cycles, his managers remained fixated on the unaddressed roadmap items. They dismissed his suggestions for roadmap revision as unproductive. Ultimately, Gary ended the meeting feeling unappreciated. This experience led Gary to begin updating his resume, indicating his dissatisfaction.