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I think it's easier to find a great coder than a great manager. I could be wrong and totally appreciate your distinction. Edit- and I say that having worked w
by techer 9y ago
I think it's easier to find a great coder than a great manager.
I could be wrong and totally appreciate your distinction.
Edit- and I say that having worked with great coders but not many, if no great managers
- kpil 9y agoHm, being a bad manager is more visible, and even a good manager will attract more criticism. A mediocre developer can hide behind the team or other circumstances that can be more or less hard to evaluate.
- wil421 9y agoThe same can be said of bad managers hiding behind a good team of direct reports. We've all had the bad manager who the owners or higher ups loved to death yet everyone on the team can tell they are incompetent. I'm not talking about the boss you hate but the truly incompentant ones. The place I work now doesn't really care about competence only a body filling a vacancy. Maybe it's time to find a new job...I digress.
- dvirsky 9y agoI've worked with both, and let's agree that they are about equally hard to find, or more precisely hard to hire. To the untrained, though, above average coders and managers may appear great. But only once you've met an actual great one, you can really have perspective.
- akie 9y agoI mean, almost by definition and in ANY profession, most people will be average and good people will be scarce. If everyone was good, then everyone would be average and only the outstanding ones would be good. So, I respectfully disagree. I think it's as hard to find good coders as it is to find good managers, good opera singers, or good baby sitters.