[clarge1120]

Thanks for the link. I will check it out. I too see the word "strategy" thrown around without being well defined, and it should be clearly defined, especially for engineers who want to move into decision-making.

Strategy is "the plan to win". An engineer's work is to execute the plan. It's like coaching the team vs playing the game. Engineers are the players, and the job of the player is to score the next goal. Executives (or Managers) are the coaches. The job of coaches is to win the game (and the season). These are not opposing goals, they are complimentary. Unfortunately, in the technology field, players and coaches are oftentimes at odds as though they have opposing goals.

The article makes a case for engineers who want to get into management, but haven't found a way to make that happen. Not every engineer wants to manage, even if that management is of technology rather than managing people. But for those engineers (players) who want to get into management (coaching) the case the article makes is this: players who want to coach must think like coaches.