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>Then what the hell is their job!? To "people manage"? Yes, absolutely. I work for a "people manager" with enough software development experience to ask the ri
by closeparen 8y ago
>Then what the hell is their job!? To "people manage"?
Yes, absolutely. I work for a "people manager" with enough software development experience to ask the right leading questions when someone's stuck on a technical question. Never seen him make an overriding call on the "how," only the "what."
- cat199 8y ago> with enough software development experience ... ^ this detail basically supports the initial point that domain experience is required..
- closeparen 8y agoNevertheless, his role is to manage people and their careers, not to make technical decisions.
- jrace 8y agoAnd the argument is that those with domain experience are better at managing the people - because they understand what and how those people need to to their job properly.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoThe problem then is knowing what constitutes a good "what" to decide upon. This can end up with them listening only to their favorite subordinate who may well be offering bad advice when other underlings know better.