That was my original thought as well. But as the article went on, it was made clear that he wasn't part of the process of creating a team where he can delegate.

That was my original thought as well. But as the article went on, it was made clear that he wasn't part of the process of creating a team where he can delegate. He was later told he wasn't in a management-track position, which seems at odds with the idea that they wanted him to be leading a team of junior engineers.