"all the tech companies that are working well push code in this way" SO WHAT!! WHAT IS THE ACTUAL THEORY HERE! WHY DO WE KNOW THIS PRE-CHOSEN SPECIFIC VARIABLE IS RESPONSIBLE
Some time ago I worked in a "data-driven company". And they would say - why are you so grumpy, you are mathematician, you should enjoy that we base our decisions on numbers! These must be right decisions then, because Math!!
While I was in a constant state of facepalm, because no-no-no, you can not blame numbers for your complete lack of understanding that you need a context, a model, and a theory to interpret them.
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