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Re:A Terse Guide On Hiring Your First Engineering Manager by system16 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:46AM (#26343840)
This just leads to people rising to their level of incompetence rather than having an effective manager. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

I've always like the anecdote taken from Carnegie's "How to win friends and influence people": hire the person who is the best manager, but don't neglect those who excel in their roles. Giving them a promotion of a new title with salary adjustment that reflects their value to the company, while maintaining their current responsibilities, keeps everybody happy.

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Re:A Terse Guide On Hiring Your First Engineering Manager by legerdemain on Thursday March 04, 2021 @01:38PM (#26346300)
Notably, Dale Carnegie never managed anyone and actually changed the spelling of his name to suggest to readers that he was somehow associated with wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie. I'm not sure he offers good engineering management advice and not, you know, trite pablum.
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