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by seanmcdirmid 3268 days ago
6-8 sounds like too many. Anyways, in addition to probably being unfit for people management, it sounds like it would take away all my coding time.
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halbritt 3268 days ago
The latter statement proves the former. A good manager prioritizes management over work that an individual contributor might do. If that doesn't suit a person, they're likely not fit for management.

I've seen many managers fail for this reason.

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blowski 3268 days ago
Personally, I think that mixing management with programming leads to bad results.
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user5994461 3268 days ago
A manager doesn't code.
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