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Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people by pc86 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:59PM (#23481373)
> Even in the technical manager cases I've seen

You say this as if technical managers are better managers? In my experience the opposite is almost always true.

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Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people by amznthrowaway5 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:42PM (#23559274)
At least for engineering manager positions, there shouldn't be any non-technical people. How are non-technical managers supposed to allocate work and judge how well their technical employees are performing.
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