eh, whataboutism as much as it pains me to say it, but those "really really good engineers" are just cogs in the machine, providing services for money; the man

eh, whataboutism as much as it pains me to say it, but those "really really good engineers" are just cogs in the machine, providing services for money; the management running the machine, ultimately decide which direction the machines runs. it's a cynical take, but cogs are replaceable, and would (often with not that major of an adjustment) easily fit other machines, ones that perhaps run in directions we don't like or care about. (like seriously, tech companies like SpaceX etc burn through engineers like crazy, they literally take this metaphor to heart, iirc most fresh engineers last barely the vesting period, much cheaper to replace them with the fresh batch from the next semester) Therefore the people running the machine are the ones that matter, since they are responsible for the good and the bad.