> What your comment, in other words, boils down to this: managers, directors, VPs, etc, just build their empires by hiring more and people. No, my comment does

> What your comment, in other words, boils down to this: managers, directors, VPs, etc, just build their empires by hiring more and people. No, my comment doesn't boil down to that. It boils down to many (not all) ICs, especially ones without a lot of experience, are more interested in focusing on problems that interest them than actual issues that customers want solved. So they go off and start working on interesting problems rather than important ones.