Having been an engineer in an environment where product occasionally fails to consider all aspects of their ideas, it's critical that engineering be more than j

Having been an engineer in an environment where product occasionally fails to consider all aspects of their ideas, it's critical that engineering be more than just implementation. Product needs to know what's possible in a reasonable timeframe, what looks easy but isn't, and what's possible but crosses a lot of security and privacy lines. Engineering can and should have an advisory role in addition to an implementation role.