> It's very simple - it is harder for younger managers to work with older subordinates. A good manager would figure out how to make it work. I've worked with

> It's very simple - it is harder for younger managers to work with older subordinates. A good manager would figure out how to make it work. I've worked with younger managers, and I've even had to teach them how to deal with problem workers. I've also had people all the way up to the director level that I've had to manage, as a developer, because they were so terrible. I even had one ask me once 'Why are you managing me?" and had to reply "Why are you making it necessary?". I don't think that we've got the whole management thing down - I think that there are probably the same % of bad managers as their are bad devs. I'd also suggest that there are 10x managers, probably ones that read Peopleware and took it to heart. It is easy to manage most people, all it takes is a bit of diplomacy.