Comment by clbrmbr

> There is no cohort of senior product leaders who developed their judgment in conditions where their teams were expected to demonstrate financial return, because those conditions did not exist during the years when that cohort was learning the craft.

There totally is such a cohort. There are plenty of bootstrapped companies or startups that took only an angel round and did not benefit from the low rate environment, in fact they suffered because of the very high price of SWE labor. But those engineering managers exist and are out there right now still building efficiently, quietly growing, passionately serving customers, and keeping a close eye on the bottom line and risks because that’s their livelihood.