If engineers were treated like developers...

"That bridge, it's almost complete, but it turns out one of our customers has trains. Can you throw in a train track?

"Oh, and the CEO of one of our backers likes the Thunderbirds. You'd better make the bridge be able to whoosh up like a ramp, with palm trees that lie down, you know, like the takeoff ramp for Thunderbird 2?

"No, no wait, it turns out that a potential customer (big multinational! BIG MONEY, omg) needs it to be able to float. Make it into an aircraft carrier by Friday, when their people turn up.

"No, you can't have anymore equipment, we just bought you people a new hammer last month. Seriously, you technical people just don't understand business."