> I've seen it written that the main reason managers tend to want to get rid of SWEs is because they don't understand how to interface with them
That’s because software is nebulous enough that you can get away with promising the moon to customers/boss, but in the next meeting, you’re given a reality check by the SWEs. And then you realize the mess you’re thrown everyone in.
Managers knows how to interface with SWEs well (people interface with professionals all the time). Most just hates going back to the engineers to get real answers when they fancy themselves as products owners.
That’s because software is nebulous enough that you can get away with promising the moon to customers/boss, but in the next meeting, you’re given a reality check by the SWEs. And then you realize the mess you’re thrown everyone in.
Managers knows how to interface with SWEs well (people interface with professionals all the time). Most just hates going back to the engineers to get real answers when they fancy themselves as products owners.