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by only-one1701 478 days ago
In my experience, there's a time limit on how long these kinds of people can be good managers from the perspective of accurately assessing a) which ICs are contributing what and b) how long it it'll take to implement something. The fact of the matter is that an engineering manager who can't or won't write code will never know as much about his team or indeed the product as one who does.

It's a shame that the "maturation" of the tech industry has resulted in these non-coding eng managers whose main skillset is often bullshitting, managing up, or both.