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>>linker+(OP)
"What's the worst that could happen, if we let MBA-types take over engineering?"

"Even your home's light bulbs will require an Internet-connected computer account that spies on you."

>>neilv+RQ1
Nice try, but this is the IoT wet dream pioneered by Nest Labs and a ton of other grizzled ex-SV hardware engineers.

>>rchaud+912
Those engineers have been MBA-types in developer clothing for over 2 decades now.

The engineer as hacker hasn't been anywhere close to leadership roles for quite a while. Perhaps ever since the 90s. I don't see a passion for computing and hacking with such people, just for making money and VCs. That's why the end product doesn't even matter to them.