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Have you ever had a project manager who has software development skills and experience? It seems like there is a class division now, even at startups where the
by omouse 10y ago
Have you ever had a project manager who has software development skills and experience?
It seems like there is a class division now, even at startups where the devs are on the frontlines and all actual decisions are kicked up a hierarchy.
If there's a quality issue, the frontline devs should be able to blow the whistle and get the problems resolved because we have the technical knowledge to identify the problem and to fix it.
CYA, Cover Your Ass, is a good call though since the tech companies aim to keep developers down.
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoI have never had a project manager who did not have software development skills and experience. It really doesn't make a difference: they still need to trust the team they're leading. Developers need an appropriate level of authority. Building something safety-critical? Every dev needs to be able to "pull the rope and stop the train" if something isn't right. Building a toy? Kick the "this is fragile, should we do it?" questions up to the PM. I don't want my devs deciding to arbitrarily gold-plate every trivial feature, but at the same time, if there's a latent quality problem, I need to know about it.