From my experience, I often see that the business guys take the engineers opinions with a "grain of salt". As in, they listen to the engineer, but don't 100% t

From my experience, I often see that the business guys take the engineers opinions with a "grain of salt". As in, they listen to the engineer, but don't 100% take the advice. Being that engineers opinions don't always "align" with the business. Example: Engineer recommends we really need to update the database. Technically it is important, but we could push it another few months and still "survive" as a business. So I agree with the other posters that quitting might be an option. Of course if what they're proposing is fraud, then by all means quit. But perhaps they just aren't taking you seriously, and if you threaten to quit, then they might realize how important this topic is to you. Also, you have more power than you think, even with minimal equity rights. Good engineers are not the easiest to find.