| I think this article misses the point. He is taking a position as "non-engineer" and stated its goals as clear as water: He considers engineers superfluous(ludicrously overstaffed) but will consider himself indispensable. He tries to justify his position to "making their work-week 20 hours"(and later fire them as they are not necessary, because they only work 20 hours!!) He is making generalizations, and as such he is right and wrong at the same time. I could sense the engineers fear to lost their job, and his eagerness to justify it.It is a bloodless war, a power war in the company.He want more power(and money, look!, I got rid of those unnecessary people, I'm worth a lot) and less power and responsibility for the others. Engineers are people, some are smart, some not. They could look at code and marvel themselves if it is good quality, like a experienced painter when he sees a master piece, or will love to modify it if it is trash, like it uses to be because "there is no time" for making it right. He is being emotional thinking as the engineers are for protecting their selves. |