Where I used to work, we had a “tech lead” who used to demand ICs to come up with story points. When the actual engineers were blank about how much something c

Where I used to work, we had a “tech lead” who used to demand ICs to come up with story points. When the actual engineers were blank about how much something costs, they had to sit through a 90 minute meeting of group-costing. Naturally the team delivered very little despite being quite skilled. But luckily the blame fell on the lead and not on the ICs as it usually does.