Scott Meyers is a world-renowned expert on C++, but he's not a coder. > Weird question, don't see why the management have to be coders. Would Apple have been

Scott Meyers is a world-renowned expert on C++, but he's not a coder. > Weird question, don't see why the management have to be coders. Would Apple have been as successful if Jobs wasn't deep into technology and design? What about Gates? When your organization provides code, shouldn't the strategic leadership have a rich and up-to-date understanding of code in general and your organization's code in particular? All that being said, I don't know the above at all. As far as I know, they're all world class developers, but I haven't seen any evidence toward that end yet.