Because engineers are fantastic at figuring out how to devise a procedural plan that will work and get the critical amount of buyin. And they rock at figuring o

Because engineers are fantastic at figuring out how to devise a procedural plan that will work and get the critical amount of buyin. And they rock at figuring out how to pay for it. Look, engineers are tools (and don't get mad SEs, you aren't really engineers in the first place so this hardly applies to you). They are not leaders as a class, and shouldn't be running for office.