Never underestimate the important of good leadership. A leader can recognize these things and a lot more. It seems like companies don't hire experienced project

Never underestimate the important of good leadership. A leader can recognize these things and a lot more. It seems like companies don't hire experienced project managers/managers anymore but try to get programmers to wear those hats because they think programmers won't respect someone who isn't a programmer even if they are tech savvy. I can't say I blame them as marketing and BAs seem to end up in the manager role and that's often much worse. There used to be a middle ground in the days before agile. Now it's like it doesn't matter because fail first and fast is the M.O. and "don't worry, we'll fix it in a future sprint after enough people complain."