News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Everybody Is the Main Character. Parent comment

Re:Everybody Is the Main Character by JohnFen on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:26PM (#35518671)
While one who has at least dabbled in coding is preferable, a great manager can be effective even if they've never written a line of code in their life.

I'd much prefer a manager who knows how to manage but not how to code over a manager who knows how to code but not how to manage.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Everybody Is the Main Character by ThalesX on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:19AM (#35522333)
As if the 3rd option does not exist. A manager that knows how to manage but also knows how the pie is made.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Everybody Is the Main Character by JohnFen on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:12PM (#35528071)
That's obviously ideal. I didn't mention it not because it doesn't exist, but because I was trying to do a "compare and contrast" with the other two, more extreme, cases.
[ Parent | on HN ]