Looking at Dana Lawson's career on linked in, it looks like they never spent time being an actual developer. Seems fitting that a completely out of touch elite in the US would make such statements.
I've seen plenty of both, and I'm sure everything in between exists too.
Good description; that's been the my majority of companies unfortunately.
What a tiring world.
He tried to bail me out of some very deep trouble i got myself in. Didn't end up working out, but he was good folk for sticking his neck out for someone on the engineering team when customers were screaming at him over the phone because of my screw up.
Rest of the time, they've been a networking contact of the CEO who has "some tech stuff" on their resume. Last one screwed me over and fucked three years worth of work in one fell swoop (and he admitted he did this for his own gains over slack when challenged on one of my last days at that job). still not over that one.
"Out of touch elite"? a MAGA-like populism view in a place where MAGA is (rightly) looked down on.
I was managed by a fair share of those that had absolutely no fucking idea of how I did my job.
Do you think the direction of technology in the US is good? Do you think technology is consolidated in the US? Do you think qualified people should be making these decisions and not vanity plate chasers?