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by tboyd47 3263 days ago
It is truly rare to find a person with both skills.

Usually what happens is the best coder in the bunch gets asked to manage the team but 1) doesn't know anything about management and 2) doesn't want to be a manager but likes the power and fancy title. So this person just keeps on coding but with less accountability to the other team members.

What the tech world needs is more skilled managers, not more technical managers. People overvalue the notion of calling developers' bluff because there is a basic level of trust that is missing.

1 comments

+1 on the missing trust... needs to be addressed.