[xboxnolifes]

Managers aren't "going to a mechanic". They are managing the entire shop. If they are managing the shop and don't know what the mechanics are doing, then they aren't doing much managing.

[bastardoperator]

I've never seen a manager, let alone a director or even VP that manages the entire shop when it comes to software.

[xboxnolifes]

The shop, in this metaphor, is one team.