Nobody said any of that. Nor implied it.
I also have done that job, so I feel no reservations about recommending it to others—even punitively.
We can all agree these MTEs do not belong in positions which grant them any authority over others. But if not in tech, then where do we put them?
Scrubbing toilets is a necessary role, in that somebody has to do it. Letting a bunch of MTEs deal with someone else’s shit for a change is a perfectly acceptable way to make a living.
These are also jobs with limited prospects for supervision and power over others, and that’s exactly what these people have demonstrated they need.
