You are right. Engineers are the ultimate scapegoat. Which is why engineers hate management in this industry. Nobody likes "leaders" who will throw reports unde

You are right. Engineers are the ultimate scapegoat. Which is why engineers hate management in this industry. Nobody likes "leaders" who will throw reports under the bus when the time comes. The only way out is for engineers to spend more time recognizing a manager falling off the cliff and switching teams/companies. Doing actual work is not enough to protect one from politics.