>When engineers build things, out of an intrinsic interest in building stuff, they gain status as the company becomes more successful. If engineers build thing

>When engineers build things, out of an intrinsic interest in building stuff, they gain status as the company becomes more successful. If engineers build things with no business value, then that company will fail. When every engineer is building their own passion project, then the company fail. The position is a leadership role, one that should ideally ensure the team is united on one goal and is able to exert pressure outside the team in defense of that goal. However with any leadership role, the best people for that role aren't always the people who seek the role.