OP is conflating "method" and "mindset". The engineer is a methodical thinker and tinkerer. I would think in fact engineers would make excellent central commit

OP is conflating "method" and "mindset". The engineer is a methodical thinker and tinkerer. I would think in fact engineers would make excellent central committee material. :) "Salesmen" as leaders. Well, let's see how that turns out. MAGA or GAGA, tbd ..