> I can't recall a single manager that wasn't getting in the way of doing things in my past working experience (top engineering companies everybody wanted to g

> I can't recall a single manager that wasn't getting in the way of doing things in my past working experience (top engineering companies everybody wanted to get into) To counter your anecdote with one, I work at a reasonably famous tech company in SF, and my manager has definitely elevated my productivity as well the amount of things I had visibility into. I'm switching teams in a week and one of my big regrets is leaving my manager.