[dominotw]

I've seen managers who become clueless as to what is happening in the industry and how things can be done better. They create a world where they are central figure and become highly resistant to change that would make them powerless. Managers who think their job is to "assign" task to ppl in JIRA. This creates a vicious cycle where motivated devs just leave the team and manager goes on to hire more 'yes men' until project dies and manager moves onto to a new company.

I've seen this happen so many times in my career. Ppl need to promote technically inclined ppl into managerial positions instead of focusing on solely 'ppl skills'.