[joquarky]

In my observation, this is becoming more common over time.

The "boss" is often not a promoted engineer, but an MBA brought in to "manage" engineers.

Engineering is where idealism hits reality, and the increasingly undisciplined cronies who "manage" us don't like hearing that their idea is incompatible with physics.

We are subject matter experts who are burdened with responsibility but denied agency and authority in our area of expertise.