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Because Engineering and Management are a completely different skill set, so most Engineers do not make good Managers.

• bsder 8y ago
  It is true that engineering and management are a different skill set. However, why is it that we simply throw people into being managers, while we realize that even after 4 years of training and engineer is still highly inexperienced. Management is a skill, and it can be taught. Why does nobody do so?
  • joshuamorton 8y ago
    In a lot of places you do. One starts as a team lead, (which is kind of a journeyman manager where you can defer to the real manager) then might move to managing a subteam of 1-3 people, and then on to a full team.
• mooreds 8y ago
  But being an engineer (or at least a recent one) is a key part of engineering management. My favorite article about that: https://charity.wtf/2019/01/04/engineering-management-the-pendulum-or-the-ladder/ https://charity.wtf/2019/01/04/engineering-management-the-pe...
• watwut 8y ago
  The trouble is that managers with non technical background do not make good managers either. It is not like they would have some awesome impressive track record.
• meddlepal 8y ago
  Most engineers don't make good managers until they get some good mentoring or training. They're not unmixable skills and it's not impossible for an engineer to become a good manager with time and dedication to that craft. I completely agree most engineers suck at it though but I think that's because most companies promote engineers into management for lack of a better career path.
• saghm 8y ago
  I'm not sure that's specific to engineering; I think most people in general might not make good managers