[sirsinsalot]

"Your anecdote suggests this is a truth about all engineers"

I don't disagree with what you're saying. The scope of what I was saying is more limited to certain projects than it sounds.

I have hope. If I didn't, I'd quit. Unfortunately I make a silly amount of money dealing with these problems in a certain way, and it is a way that (for some projects) involves prescribed process; and it works.