Considering the human side and impact of the systems we design and build doesn't preclude knowing the technical stuff. Claiming it will cripple engineers is quite far fetched.
> Claiming it will cripple engineers is quite far fetched.
But the emphasis leads to the MBAs (like McKinsey people) getting into leadership. Then the people who rise are not the people who are great engineers, but people who can play the people games. Look at the effect of the McDonnell Douglas merger on Boeing when the “people” people pushed out the engineering people.
Well yes but actually no. Those MBAs are not your users, so their rise has nothing to do with the software development at its core. Because you're not developing software for your boss(es), remember? You are developing it for some poor humans called users - which may or (more often) may not have a say in this of course.
