Much of this is due to the way that some very vocal engineers have said that they want to be treated. Look at the growth of Agile (the reality of what it is, n

Much of this is due to the way that some very vocal engineers have said that they want to be treated. Look at the growth of Agile (the reality of what it is, not the manifesto, confuse those two at your peril) and the growth of the Product Manager role in tech. As engineering groups have ceded their position and complained about having to be in meetings, only being responsible for the systems running and not much else, having others tell them exactly what they want done, those responsibilities and tasks have either been picked up by existing groups or had new groups created to handle them. What we're seeing today is the natural growth of that. That's one of the reasons why we're seeing the huge interest in the no-code space. Engineering has managed to turn itself back into a cost center and is being viewed by the business side of the house as a necessary pain vs a beneficial resource.