[mcv]

The best engineering managers I've had trusted their engineers. I think that's the most important part, and that's the part that some managers are bad at.

So if you really want to promote an engineer to management, don't promote the engineers who knows everything and does everything, because they're going to micromanage everybody. Promote the engineer that asks a lot and listens a lot.

[rramadass]

>The best engineering managers I've had trusted their engineers. I think that's the most important part, and that's the part that some managers are bad at.

Very Very True. This is the main thing that matters, everything else is secondary. "Trust" implies that you "Respect and Recognize" them as "Intelligent Decision-making Individuals" and that's what one's ego needs to do their best.

[fargle]

problem is that only a small percentage of good engineers make good managers. a few bad engineers also make good managers. it's extremely rare but a few non-engineers make ok managers. but almost all of the very worst managers have been non-technical (e.g. BMA).