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Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by jhomedall on Thursday November 15, 2018 @01:05PM (#18461639)
> These people defer everything to their subordinates including major technical decisions. Then what the hell is their job!? To "people manage"?

Their job is to shield their developers from the rest of the company, so that the developers can focus on development. That means pushing back on dumb feature requests, helping gather requirements, and going to bat for their team when a project blows its budget or its deadline.

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Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by sifoobar on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:55PM (#18462723)
Which leads us back to square one, because to do that efficiently they need experience. If they can't tell a dumb feature request from their ass, they're part of the problem.
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