I agree with what you're saying. What this might discount though is where an organisation can't afford high enough calibre of engineers to make these things pos

I agree with what you're saying. What this might discount though is where an organisation can't afford high enough calibre of engineers to make these things possible. That's not always the case. I've been (and am) a software engineer but also operate in higher level management of dev teams. In orgs that have an technical product or are software businesses, what you say is true. That culture doesn't exist in all sectors that require software engineers. I believe that for most organisations strong processes from PRs and code review all the way through time-boxed goals to high level stakeholder meetings its important they're structural and focus on accountability and goal achieving expectation. I also strongly believe the right ICs should be one of the driving stakeholders of business objectives when hired well.