[ilovecaching]

My ideal manager is someone who has been at the company as an engineer, has great people skills, and knows how to think at the macro level.

This person is promoted, not hired from the outside, and then proceeds to stop coding entirely and focus on his direct reports well being, the well being of the team, and keeping everyone unblocked.

Otherwise, they just get out of the way and let the team do its thing.

[tomnipotent]

> Otherwise, they just get out of the way and let the team do its thing.

Are you saying the next best thing to an involved manager is one that's not involved at all?

[jacobr1]

benign neglect is better than malign involvement - micromanaging, bad judgement, disruption and chaos etc ...

[rhizome]

They are both bad.

[santoshalper]

I don't know if you just made that phrase up, but it's great.