[cpeterso]

That is a great point. A project manager's quarterly goals, for examples, will be rather meta compared top a developer's. A project manager's success shouldn't be a byproduct of the dev team's work. At the end of the day, you don't have the authority to make developers do anything and you can't take credit for their work. But you should still be able to succeed in your project management job even if the developers don't ship on time.