totally agree that a real project manager will be technical to some degree -- even if just an aficionado / technologist type. I do like to balance the scales a

totally agree that a real project manager will be technical to some degree -- even if just an aficionado / technologist type. I do like to balance the scales a little and defend less technical leaders -- I've had a few really good non-technical leaders/bosses in the past 20 years. They were so good because they a) respected and trusted their technical teams immensely and b) made a really hard effort to learn from them such they could do the bridging you describe.