Show me how long an engineering manager can live within an organization that where their senior ICs don’t support them. It’s basically zero. Yeah you can fire the senior ICs who won’t take your word as gospel but that’s not exactly a great strategy. You as an EM need to rely on your senior ICs to do both of your jobs. It’s a team sport. And yeah if your EM kicks you to the curb for no reason, no doubt, they’re next.