There are a lot more middle man then that, a lot of CEO and CTO i've met had an almost active disintrest in anything technical or even practical knowledge of there product, not knowing the priorities is in there own backlog or not knowing what an init system is or does but ask you how to start a process when a computer starts. Unbelievable what people complain about in meetings without having googles that problems in MONTHS. Most people just secretly hate technology and will grasp at anything that gives them an excuse not to care.