You know, Hercules should never try to catch that turtle, because he would first have to walk haf the distance to the turtle, but in order to walk half the distance he first must walk 1/4 the distance; but first he needs to walk 1/8...
Building ML projects at home is nothing like building a box to building a shed; it's more like building a shed to building a house.
Sure, building a house is more complicated, but you won't be building that house alone, and if someone hired you to build a house because you were good at building sheds, I'm sure you'll start your job as a junior house builder, not master architect.
There were budget cuts. Teams were shuffled around.
You're running the team now. Your colleagues have only ever built boxes. Go get em', master architect!
This is my (hopefully humourous but actually taken from my experience) way of saying that companies will often do what is most immediately profitable rather than what's best in the long run (for humanity or themselves).
Building ML projects at home is nothing like building a box to building a shed; it's more like building a shed to building a house.
Sure, building a house is more complicated, but you won't be building that house alone, and if someone hired you to build a house because you were good at building sheds, I'm sure you'll start your job as a junior house builder, not master architect.