Depends on your environment. MBAs with no engineering background value other MBAs. Engineers value other engineers. Real leaders and innovators value real quali

Depends on your environment. MBAs with no engineering background value other MBAs. Engineers value other engineers. Real leaders and innovators value real qualities and abilities of others, whether those abilities are business-centric or tech-centric or design-centric. Sadly, these sorts of attitudes are prevalent in many large IT shops. Personally, I run away from anyone who views any meaningful role (coder, CFO, COO, admin ass't) as just requiring a random body.