I am with you on this. There is some positive incentive if the technical manager gets the product right maybe a strongly exceeds for a year. But if the product

I am with you on this. There is some positive incentive if the technical manager gets the product right maybe a strongly exceeds for a year. But if the product fails TLM gets equal share of negative press and a low rating which means greatly low bonus and bad reputation which will make hiring even more difficult. I don't see any reason why a TLM will take any major risks while working in a large company.