Thanks for sharing. I totally agree and have thought about this myself --- whenever there's this degree of resentment for another job in a community (PM, manager, politician) it's clear to me there's a lack of understanding of what that profession actually does and the constraints and incentives they face.

I'm a software engineer with a couple years' experience (and am graduating from Harvard college in a couple of months). I'm pretty familiar with the pressures of business that come from high-up, but I also understand where they come from in some cases. I'd love to learn more about business (what little I've seen I found fascinating) and I dream to someday find a balance between a happy technical team building a great product, and a healthy and profitable business.

How has getting your MBA helped you with your career growth (not getting leadership jobs, but actually thriving in them)? And how well were you able to integrate your engineering experience with the business pressures as you led a team?