[sp332]

Rule 3 is what managers are for. The engineers will want to work on cool features or challenging problems, not the most urgent ones.

[watwut]

Only if you employ bad or only junior engineers. If you can not deal with priorities, then you have no right to call yourself senior. Especially when it comes to urgent.

Good engineers are able to finish work even if you do not babysit them.

[supercanuck]

Whoever said there was no true scotsman is a liar!