[danielblazevski]

Why is this article with this click-bait title on the top of HN? A lot of leaders start off as engineers then go to CTOs, VP level, CEOs etc.

And this idea that engineers are purely scientifically minded totally ignores the endless number of articles suggesting that the best senior engineers have strong product and business sense, and in many places (but not all) having those skills are a defining quality of a senior engineer.

Engineers definitely NEED scientific background to enter the field, but this totally ignores that engineers grow business and product skills throughout their career, and need to do so to be effective