That was well put. Imagine that. Still we train our product managers to follow checklists, write endless documents about personas, have discussions about method

That was well put. Imagine that. Still we train our product managers to follow checklists, write endless documents about personas, have discussions about methodology and such things only loosely connected to the work that goes into making the actual product. Imagine if a director was a bureaucrat. One who followed checklists and made policy documents, and did not have the slightest clue about the actual craft of setting lights, working the camera, and acting. What's our profession's equivalent of a film director? One with deep knowledge about data structures, who cared about getting it right, together with professionals?