Comment by puchatek
3 days ago
Don't blame it all on entrenchment and bureaucracy. Rather show me the engineers who want to become management.
I have thought of the same solution myself before and came to the conclusion that I, for one, wouldn't want to be leading anything even if I had some ideas on why the product sucked.
> Rather show me the engineers who want to become management.
You're talking to one. Wanting agency and responsibility and having the drive to put in the work (for potentially brutal hours) is not exactly a common trait. It's a founding engineer attitude. It should be no surprise that I'm a founding engineer of an LLC of one. I understand that it is not for everyone.
But I'm pretty confident that the blame is well placed.