> Yeah I generally agree with this take. Of course on HN and other technical sites the opinion "lol engineers should run companies" gets a lot of play, but ple

> Yeah I generally agree with this take. Of course on HN and other technical sites the opinion "lol engineers should run companies" gets a lot of play, but plenty of engineers tank companies and don't get posted here with the alternative viewpoint. Honestly, it's probably not so much that engineers should run companies, but that MBA/finance-types shouldn't (mainly because it seems their conventional wisdom has collected a lot of toxic ideas).