Communication with management and clients is important. A developer does not work in a vacuum. The article contains some good concepts (like "don't micromanage"

Communication with management and clients is important. A developer does not work in a vacuum. The article contains some good concepts (like "don't micromanage"), but how is the engineer going to "keep thinking about long term goals" without communicating with anyone? And how can each engineer "pick his own tasks" as part of a team?