[wrnr]

One point of contention for me is the dichotomy between the managers and programmers where one takes care of the "what" and the other the "how" in order to learn "when".

To find a solution within the constrains of this problem-space there need to be made tradeoffs that require creative thinking at every level.

I used to focus on technical work until I realised we where spending millions on projects that go nowhere.

Like in the Dilbert comics its ok for management to wast the time of the developer but a developer should not be allowed to wast his time. It may sound like a cop-out but its much more productive to be able to say, ever so politely, "no this is not something we are going to do".