I’m not sure exactly what you’re disagreeing with. My point was just that it’s not useful to direct criticism at a job title when there are so many examples of failures by people with any given title. I’ve seen people who are ostensibly pen-testers or auditors blithely telling others to click through important warnings or have a root-on-all-machines password to make their work easier.

Downsizing and other false economies are definitely a contributing factor. Security and reliability are easy to dismiss as expensive overhead until they suddenly aren’t.