Harsh truth. Tech is bloated at all levels. Everyone joins in a technical role, and hopes to jump to a management role. But there's not enough space for all to be fully utilized and productive.

It's like the Army. Out of every 1000 regulars who sign on as occifer, how many staff officers are actually needed? But everyone hopes to progress to staff officer and no one wants to stay as Platoon Commander forever. Natural attrition takes care of that.

But where can techies attrit to?