> Management ought to be able to solve any problem people they serve (i.e., their underlings) are facing, given certain amount of time to familiarize. I disagr

> Management ought to be able to solve any problem people they serve (i.e., their underlings) are facing, given certain amount of time to familiarize. I disagree with that. If your manager has the best technical skills of anyone on the team, then they are probably a poor manager who can't hire/retain good technical people (by far the most important job of a manager).