[dasil003]

Agree there are a lot of bad managers out there, a decade of tech bull market and hyper growth didn’t help. Not sure why you think expectations and interview standards are lower for managers in general though. For me, managers have a much higher bar than ICs because they must have a high level of technical experience and judgement in addition to all the people skills and strategy. An EM must fill the gaps between other functions because at the end of the day engineering (for software shops) is who ships the product. If you think it’s easier than being an IC I don’t think you’re doing it right.