Been doing this for 13 years, professionally and I see the same thing in the UK. I want to work for a company that doesn't think engineers are "lesser".

We have PhD's in computer science, I have worked with people who have made significant contributions to the tooling of modern languages, and yet a manager who spends most of their time on eBay, Twitter or giving the same talk on "psychological safety" for the 15th time gets lauded? I don't get it.

I'm not a bucket crab, I don't want to drag people down, I just want the same opportunities people in other disciplines get (in the same industry!!)