1/ Widespread attitude: "Good engineers should be seen, not heard." Quite a few clueless engineers seem to actually buy that line.
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2/ Engineers get suckered into shutting up by being flattered into "doing is better than talking" John-Henry prowess vanity.
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I think you’re talking about an antiquated view of engineers. Most I know strive to be whole product owners.
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. Most still uncomfortable owning the *politics* of engineering in broader culture. At best they reluctantly go as far as marketing.
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your whole screed applies to larger orgs and ppl working in the code mines. Not so much new approaches. Junior vs senior as well?
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“just coding” (and really, all of “IT”) is the tech industry equivalent of coal mining.
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