> a reflection of your own lack of understanding, articulation, effective communication, etc.

After many years of bashing myself for not being understood at the workplace, I now realize that I never questioned if leadership was actually competent.

If they want to work with engineers effectively they have to understand jargon, communication styles, they have to understand the big tradeoffs and requirements that comes with owning a codebase at least on a rudimentary level.

You can't just go to business school and effectively manage trains and railroads if you had no clue about them.

So if you don't know how to communicate effectively with engineers whom you are paying for solving technical issues and not for their eloquence you are not competent.

We should stop apologizing for our existing when we try tell our bosses not to run into an iceberg, just because ChatGPT told them: "You're absolutely correct! The ship you built is stronger than the iceberg as it is made of metal and ice is just water.".