Every organizational problem is a management problem. I doesn't mean developers can't and shouldn't try to fix it. Concluding such article with "Developers are fine" is too cynic.
For reference, at my org, management already does what it says it should do and already don't what is says what it shouldn't do. Still there are developers who need to step up their business understanding. Despite all the training, the stimulus, the right incentives, it is not natural for new tech/team leads to communicate well how technical challenges must translate into business decisions.
This shit is hard and complex, stop trying to assign blame.
I treat all such articles with the condition of "I am not saying this happens everywhere but it happens fairly often" -- which is also my experience.
I've met several excellent managers and I have huge respect for them but seriously, they are rare. I am almost 20 years in the industry and I am not sure I've even met 5 of them.
For reference, at my org, management already does what it says it should do and already don't what is says what it shouldn't do. Still there are developers who need to step up their business understanding. Despite all the training, the stimulus, the right incentives, it is not natural for new tech/team leads to communicate well how technical challenges must translate into business decisions.
This shit is hard and complex, stop trying to assign blame.