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by blowski 3612 days ago
Precisely. You're saying that having to do things you'd rather not do is 'abuse', when I'd just call that 'being a grown up'.
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You know there were grown up programmers in the computer industry before we got the MBA-types involved as PMs. Frankly, I'll be very happy to keep track of minutes I spend coding if all PMs in the org had to take a basic programming competency test. Lets say something easy like inverting a linked-list (with pointers yo) or b-tree deletion. I think some PMs are "tech clueless" but have worked their way up because they are effective at bullying. This is not true of very PM but certainly some PMs.
1. Do you need to know how to invert a linked-list (with pointers "yo") to pass a basic programming competency test? No. No you don't.

2. Why point out that it is "easy"? Is it so you can feel superior to people who might not know this?