[nambit]

It's only after you've developed a deep understanding that any efforts at integration would be successful. If you just like orchestrating, that's fine but I've met too many managers/product managers who think up lofty ideas on how to integrate various pieces without a deeper understanding of the underlying technology.

[sharadov]

Yup, been around a lot of them, they are the ones who love to sling words around and are a prime definition of tech bros always looking to debate not on the basis of firm knowledge but as a cover-up for their inadequacies.

[JimboOmega]

One of the signs that you're actually good at operating at this level is you spend more time listening than talking. You need people who actually know more than you - if you are always arguing and trying to prove you actually do know best, you're definitely not looking for that.

[godzillabrennus]

I have seen the other side of this where the developers trying to implement business requirements in code are making bad assumptions and end up in confrontations with middle management because their technically "pure" vision for how something should work doesn't solve the business goal.

[nambit]

Yeah. Seen this happen too. That usually points to a lack of (good) senior leadership in the dev team (senior developers not product/managers).