A lack of engineering leadership is certainly true. As is often told, the VP of engineering enjoyed creating PRs more than actually leading. There has never

A lack of engineering leadership is certainly true. As is often told, the VP of engineering enjoyed creating PRs more than actually leading. There has never been an architect. The point is though, product never challenged on approaches, and you’re right. They never came from technical backgrounds. Product managers were promoted from the BA ranks. They never raised technical questions like that - “Is it a bad thing if the customer has to connect this way for this API and another way for another API?” If the idea is that engineering asks those questions, I’d counter with that’s venturing squarely into product’s realm.