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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by a4a4a4a4 on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:21PM (#33833507)
Idk about you, but the worst managers I've had were _not_ engineers. They had no idea what the actual day-to-day of the projects looked like, would blindly promise deadlines, etc.

I'm not saying that the best engineers make the best managers, but I don't think someone can be the best manager (in tech) without being at least a good engineer.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by bluGill on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:55PM (#33834041)
Sure, but the best manages I've had have not been engineers. Engineers generally don't make the worst mistakes manages can make, but they often don't make the best choices all the time.
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