I remember in my 20s…. Working for a fortune 100 sized company. (I’m an engineer in IT). A request to estimate cost for some project came across my desk and my boss was like we don’t want to do this. Make sure the estimate is rather huge. When I asked why… he was like didn’t you hear me when I said we didn’t want to do this project. Eye opener. Big institutions are loaded with politicians, bureaucrats, red tape, etc….