> I've never worked anywhere in the bay area where engineers were thought of as easily replaceable.
They may not have been thought of that way, but I've very much seen them treated that way.
They may not have been thought of that way, but I've very much seen them treated that way.
Pressed on all sides, dealing with unreasonable demands from above, and with internal competitors and naysayers to fight off, even the most enlightened manager may sometimes behave in ways that treat people as easily replaceable.
Even if intellectually they know they aren't.