> I don't think it is bizarre. I see lots of MBAs running things. They don't have the engineering background, they have the "resources management" background.

> I don't think it is bizarre. I see lots of MBAs running things. They don't have the engineering background, they have the "resources management" background. That part is fine. What I do not understand is why there is so little interest in learning what makes engineering different from running a widgets factory. “Tell me why it won’t work” is a fine question, but it’d be nice if I didn’t have to force all their education on them. E.g. how many managers ignore that oft repeated adage that 9 women cannot have a baby in a month, and just spam more people on a project in the hope it’ll go faster.