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> These people defer everything to their subordinates including major technical decisions. Then what the hell is their job!? To "people manage"? Their job is t
by jhomedall 8y ago
> These people defer everything to their subordinates including major technical decisions. Then what the hell is their job!? To "people manage"?
Their job is to shield their developers from the rest of the company, so that the developers can focus on development. That means pushing back on dumb feature requests, helping gather requirements, and going to bat for their team when a project blows its budget or its deadline.
- sifoobar 8y agoWhich leads us back to square one, because to do that efficiently they need experience. If they can't tell a dumb feature request from their ass, they're part of the problem.