[gopalv]

> Should engineers get more respect? That's a valid and fair question, and companies will pay more respect ...

"You could do worse" is a rough straw-man in these scenarios.

I agree to that statement, but the cause of the outcry is rather interesting to observe, if only from an "anthropology of small tribes/startups" angle.

In particular that Engineers seem to be bound by "passion" and that this costs them from being economically rational.

When you equate economics to respect, then you get the message within the tech-crunch article.

The rationals beat the irrational players and that's pretty much the way the game is setup.