It's because those same software engineers have 0 financial background. It's not different than a software engineer going into a financial firm and saying "I ca

It's because those same software engineers have 0 financial background. It's not different than a software engineer going into a financial firm and saying "I can't believe none of these guys know how their technology works". The most financial exposure these individuals have is reading the $Xmillion Series X funding, or $Xbillion exits that they see on TechCrunch on a daily basis. Their risk is assessed on those headlines.