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I don't think so. Remember that if you are talking about someone with a good formal management degree, you may assume there is a solid mathematical foundation. You can't be good at university level math without good analytical reasoning. Going from good math reasoning to programming isn't any more foreign than what engineers do when learning the social aspects of management.

You don't see to many people doing that switch, but I'd attribute it to factors other than any kind of ability chasm. What we do isn't rocket science[1].

[1] Unless you are a Kerbal Space Program developer. Then it is rocket science. Of the fun kind.