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Sorry it sounds like that. Especially at HN. The coders are the most important. No doubt. But if you honestly think that all will be solved by having technical
by techer 9y ago
Sorry it sounds like that. Especially at HN. The coders are the most important. No doubt. But if you honestly think that all will be solved by having technical people in most positions, then that goes against my experience unless you are a pure technology company, started by technologists.
The company I worked for morphed into a juggernaut from retail beginnings. So the company was staffed with people so technically illiterate that it was amazing anything ever got done.
There should be a balance in everything. And generalists are sometimes just as important as specialists.
- StavrosK 9y ago> But if you honestly think that all will be solved by having technical people in most positions That's not what I said, though. I said that, if your job is to know things about the product, it helps if you are somewhat technical.
- kpil 9y agoI think it's the individual that matters. An intelligent, the right amount of humble, responsible, and motivated person that is broad enough to grasp the bigger picture while understanding enough of details, and is interested in managing other people will do well as a manager, regardless of background.