One of the reasons I decided to consult instead of go back into a salaried role after my previous employer was shut down is that I’ve found, repeatedly, that management often has *big feels* about anyone with an “engineering” title actually *talking* to practitioners: “Stay in your lane"
Sometimes you need the people asking questions of the practitioners to have a deep understanding of the technical issues involved, because *those matter a lot* in figuring out what’s possible/feasible to build