Product vs Tech: The Endless Battlefield
The war between Product & Engineering? It's not inevitable. It's a choice. A choice to overload engineers with business problems instead of letting them solve technical ones. A choice to force cross-functional teams without aligning timelines.
And the result?
Slow product development
Fragile systems
Burnt-out engineers
Sky-high costs
We tell engineers to "understand the business".
But we never ask business to "understand engineering".
We train engineers to sell priorities instead of owning their craft.
Software development becomes a negotiation instead of an engineering discipline.
And then we wonder why systems rot. 
"You Build It, You Run It".
"You Code It, You Ship It".
Buzzwords that actually mean:
"You Do Everything, We Cut Costs."
Would you hire an musician to cook, clean, and build your house?
No? Then why expect engineers to be full-stack, infra experts, DevOps, security pros & business strategists simultaneously?
Specialization isn't old-fashioned. It's necessary.
Engineering, UI/UX, Infrastructure. They are services to each other.
Stop mixing worlds. Let experts master their craft.
Hiring isn't broken because of a "talent shortage".
It's broken because of delusional expectations.
You want quality products?
Let engineers engineer.
Let designers design.
Let infrastructure teams handle infra.
If people aren't drowning in work that isn't theirs, they will naturally grow beyond their roles.
But force it?
You'll get:
Burnouts
Legacy code
A team that stops caring
I grew up in tech step by step. The enforcement to do everything at once blocked & blinded me for years.
Fix the environment or enjoy the chaos you created. Your choice. 