What qualifies as "real work"? A competent decision maker/consensus reacher is, ime, more valuable than an extra engineer in any software project of a non trivi

What qualifies as "real work"? A competent decision maker/consensus reacher is, ime, more valuable than an extra engineer in any software project of a non trivial size. Not every product decision can be made based on logical merits. I don't care what someone's background is if they help maintain organizational coherency.