> we need to learn to just trust trustworthy software engineers Absolutely agree, and when we have identified trustworthy software engineers, we also need to g

> we need to learn to just trust trustworthy software engineers Absolutely agree, and when we have identified trustworthy software engineers, we also need to give them authority. This doesn't work however, because it puts the middle manager on the spot to make this judgement call, and it also goes against the grand master plan of software engineering which is to turn it into outsourceable factory work.