Sometimes the current even starts to flow in the other direction: sometimes, particularly in university math and science departments, nerds deliberat… - Paul Graham

A painting is never finished. You just stop working on it.” This idea will be familiar to anyone who has worked on software.

This is the kind of possibility that the pointy-haired boss doesn’t even want to think about. And so most of them don’t. Because, you know, when it comes down to it, the pointy-haired boss doesn’t mind if his company gets their ass kicked, so long as no one can prove it’s his fault. The safest plan for him personally is to stick close to the center of the herd.
Within large organizations, the phrase used to describe this approach is “industry best practice.” Its purpose is to shield the pointy-haired boss from responsibility: if he chooses something that is “industry best practice,” and the company loses, he can’t be blamed. He didn’t choose, the industry did.

When you're dealing with exponential growth, the time to act is when it feels too early.