This is more prolific in software than just Y2K. At a company I work with, if everything is going smoothly and things are working, devs get a ton of crap for not getting more done, no matter the pace and productivity. Of course they get crap when things aren't working also.
When people don't understand something, they can't tell the difference between a lot of effort to make something work smoothly and "it's clearly not that big of a deal"
When people don't understand something, they can't tell the difference between a lot of effort to make something work smoothly and "it's clearly not that big of a deal"