That dynamic sounds somewhat similar to the NCO-Commissioned officer relationship. The race to put everyone through college promulgated IMHO a concomitant, depl

That dynamic sounds somewhat similar to the NCO-Commissioned officer relationship. The race to put everyone through college promulgated IMHO a concomitant, deplorable attitude shift that the line/floor had little to nothing to offer. You even see glimmers of this in the API sub-thread on this discussion. Once your automation efforts are down to a "game of inches" (see Al Pacino's performance that expounds on that term), iterative feedback from the line/floor saves you a ton of design time.