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The only problem I have with what you are saying is that there do exist good or great coders who go into management and become average or even poor managers. To
by mediocrejoker 9y ago
The only problem I have with what you are saying is that there do exist good or great coders who go into management and become average or even poor managers. To me this phenomenon would imply the existence of some tangible management skills, separate from technical skills.
- Bartweiss 9y agoHuh... I think you're actually talking about the Peter Principle, where skilled programmers are promoted to the point where they stop being skilled. The parent topic seems to be closer to the Dilbert Principle - people being placed in management who would never have gotten the job below theirs. Unfortunately, both of those things are pretty common. Promoting "up the ranks" gets you Peter, and hiring "for management skills" gets you Dilbert. Avoiding both at once seems to be an almost unsolved problem.
- kpil 9y agoObviously so. I can think of three distinct dimensions; technical, planning and political/coaching. Maybe it's four but I think the last two are sides of the same coin. You need all of them to some extent.
- mmjaa 9y ago"Management" skills and "Technical" skills are neither all-inclusive, nor exclusive, nor does the presence of one imply the other, but the most optimal scenario is simply where an individual is capable of competence at both.