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by joanfihu 1295 days ago
An engineering manager without technical achievements has no authority
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Have you ever read "turn the ship around"? It talks about how the captain of a nuclear submarine was able to turn leader-follower model into leader-leader because he had to rely on the judgement of his team.

Management is a different skill from engineering. I've met great EMs who never coded, but did have a great amount of skill in people management.