Engineering Culture (“Culture”, ostensibly a subset of a broader organizational “Culture”) is a term often referenced in the Tech industry and self-referential descriptions of engineering organizations. Interestingly, it surfaces throughout the entire span of job descriptions for most jobs in Tech, from entry-level software engineers all the way through to the top job, the CTO. For those not in Tech nor otherwise exposed to this turn of phrase before, it comes across as a tribalistic linguistic affect that, in the absence of any other meaning, gives off a subtle yet unmistakable whiff of pretension. For those in the fold, it is well accepted that one must understand, internalize, and align oneself with the unique expression of a company’s Culture; engineers are customarily interviewed/screened for “culture fit” and senior leadership are expected to embody and champion Culture as physical avatars, so to speak.