The real trouble starts when sales can dictate what engineering works on. I did an internship at a company with a 10:1 sales:engineering ratio and it was living

The real trouble starts when sales can dictate what engineering works on. I did an internship at a company with a 10:1 sales:engineering ratio and it was living hell. You'd have salespeople coming in three times a day with the equivalent of "I sold such and such feature to a client, we need it next week.' Everything was rushed. Nothing worked right.