[amiantos]

I mean, ideally, management should not be telling me anything and should let me do my job in splendid, peaceful isolation. In practice, however, management tells me how to do all sorts of things, all the time, and they're responsible for me continuing to get paid, so I have to listen.

[tartoran]

You're also responsible if they get paid so if the product sinks it's game over. So they have to listen too.