alt Hacker NewsThey might say that your job is to make the product "better", and they might even think they mean it, but I think in practice you'll find that their definition of "better" as it relates to products is pretty closely related to money, and further that they are the authorities on what makes the product "better" so you should shut up and do what they say. If you want to make the product actually better, you're going to have to defy them occasionally. That's not what you were hired for, that's just being a human with principles.
To be frank, I tried to address your point with my comment about the audience.
I very much disagree that you start with money and work backwards to technical problems. I do not think this approach would make you efficient at solving problems nor at increasing profits for the business.
And I still firmly believe they need us more than we need them. At the end of the day this is why they want AI coding agents to work out but I do not think that even in the best situation we'll end up in any different of a situation than COBOL. You can make developers more efficient, but replacing them requires an entirely different set of skills.
An MBA-type, with no programming background, has a better chance getting their photos taken with their iPhone in a museum than they do replacing a developer. I'm sure there will be some successful at it, but exceptions do not define the rule.