[JimmieMcnulty]

Everything here seems pretty fine (if basic), So often I see engineers screw this up, usually by forgetting a few things:

* They only have some of the information, and don’t account for that fact.

* Their goals aren’t the same as a leader’s goals.

* The leader has ownership of the larger outcome, and may want to make tradeoffs that are suboptimal for an individual person or team, but may ultimately be good for the overall outcome.

* Being technically correct isn’t a “trump” card, it doesn’t mean everything.

If I were a better writer I’d explain this better, but often you can tell who is used to thinking at a high level and who is used to hammering out details, based on these kind of conversations. Either you recognize your visibility and responsibility or you don’t.