[ohazi]

I hear a lot more cases of "disfunctional company struggles to hire/retain good engineers," "non-technical founder seeks engineer to do all the work," etc. than the converse (firms with good engineering talent struggling to find good management).

So maybe engineers are special? They can certainly afford be more choosey about who they decide to work for.

It probably makes sense for a company to treat engineers as special if engineering is a critical part of the business. No good engineer is going to want to work for someone with an attitude like yours.

[shanghaiaway]

Sounds like you're in a filter bubble.

Can't have good engineering without good management.

[ohazi]

> Can't have good engineering without good management.

This is not even remotely true.

[whb07]

One could have a “good” engineer but the engineering team/dept/section will be lackluster. A strong engine without a rudder is meaningless and vice versa.

There is a reason why leadership of teams/section/department etc has the responsibilities and accordingly higher pay.