[net.space] SRB engineers

KFL@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU ("Keith F. Lynch") (03/09/86)

  An engineer's only responsibility is to his supervisor.  If the MT
managers were warned about the dangers and chose to disregard it, it
is entirely their fault, not the engineers.
  As has already been pointed out, if engineers made it a point to go
over the heads of their managers whenever they disagreed with them,
little would ever get done.
  If anyone's head should roll, it should be the managers.  This is
what responsibility means.  This is why the managers are payed more.

								...Keith

KFL@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU ("Keith F. Lynch") (03/16/86)

    From: aurora!eugene@RIACS.ARPA (Eugene miya)

    I wish it were that simple.  Don't forget that most of these
    managers ARE engineers.

  It doesn't matter who does or doesn't have an engineering degree.
My point was that only the managers had the responsibilty for the
decision.  That is what responsibility means, that if the decision was
bad that they are responsible.

    How easy it is to divide the world into two groups.

  In this case it is appropriate.  Those that had the responsibility
for the decision and those that didn't.

    Not everyone can afford to hire MBAs.

  No reason they should.  In technical fields engineers usually make
better managers.
								...Keith