> Managers in no way control what the team is working on or deadlines for that work. They behave more like career coaches and therapists. They DO ultimately have control over your career,

I work in a place like this. It's a horrible idea. It's politics 100% of the time for managers, because there's no other way to climb for them. Welcome to half-brained initiatives and goalpost technologies being championed rather than ROI exploration and derivation, because the managers that do get stuck on projects that cost money don't want to talk about that.