> The single most important thing in engineering management is hiring only the best. I agree. It's easier said than done, though. Many engineering managers ar

> The single most important thing in engineering management is hiring only the best. I agree. It's easier said than done, though. Many engineering managers aren't really involved in the code in any real way. I can't imagine running a restaurant and not inspecting the kitchen, seeing hosts greet patrons, seeing how well tables stay cleared of dirty dishes, and so on. I find that a lot of "hire the best" ends up boiling down to knowing which engineers are popular with "technical" folks and haven't obviously messed up (at least to someone who hasn't really looked at code or deployments). I'm not sure how to keep this from coming down, again, to politics and popularity.