It's not as straightforward as the author of this article suggests.
Not all engineers do care about whether their work serves the company's interests, and some (many?) will go out of their way to square a round hole, so to say, to justify some itch they wanted to scratch.
I know the HN take on things is that the best engineering management comes from people who are/were engineers in the past. But, respectfully, I just have to disagree that they're any better, especially if they come from "big tech" (e.g. FAANG). There's a real (terrible) tolerance for vanity projects, gamesmanship, and ego stroking that comes from that lot, IME.
Not all engineers do care about whether their work serves the company's interests, and some (many?) will go out of their way to square a round hole, so to say, to justify some itch they wanted to scratch.
I know the HN take on things is that the best engineering management comes from people who are/were engineers in the past. But, respectfully, I just have to disagree that they're any better, especially if they come from "big tech" (e.g. FAANG). There's a real (terrible) tolerance for vanity projects, gamesmanship, and ego stroking that comes from that lot, IME.