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I work in a small consultancy / contracting place. For a lot of projects I have to write the proposal, attend pre-spec meetings, come up with the costings, get

by smiler 16y ago

I work in a small consultancy / contracting place. For a lot of projects I have to write the proposal, attend pre-spec meetings, come up with the costings, get the purchase order, deal with all the 'commercial issues', invoicing etc Sometimes it's ok, but I would prefer if we had a dedicated person to doing that all the time. Managers are definitely useful for paperwork and dealing with commercial / political situations :)

exline 16y ago
I agree. I like having a technical lead dealing with all aspects technical and a manager dealing with paperwork, burn rates, BS customer issues, politics, etc. This frees up the technical lead to do the required technical work. The larger the company the greater the need from what I have experienced. Technically its not required, but I'd rather not be dealing with those aspects. I forgot where I read it, but I've heard the manager role being described as a sh*t umbrella. Its there to keep everyone below him/her clean so they can focus on their work.