The engineer here is protesting being turned into a factory worker, becoming alienated from his work, and being used towards the ends of management rather than

The engineer here is protesting being turned into a factory worker, becoming alienated from his work, and being used towards the ends of management rather than his own. It is an indictment of capitalism's effects on workers, even highly skilled knowledge workers. What he is expressing is the inkling of the desire for a better world; perhaps one where there is democratic control of the production process by workers. A spectre is haunting software development. Developers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.