My reaction to this article - we've utterly failed when it comes to training effective mid-level software engineering leaders. It feel like we are substituting

My reaction to this article - we've utterly failed when it comes to training effective mid-level software engineering leaders. It feel like we are substituting rule by committee for what should ultimately be a leadership decision. If you cannot select engineers, you should not be leading them. Employee Input is certainly welcome. We don't want to hire jerks or idiots. But the manager is responsible and accountable for the quality of hires and employee performance. The other half of my life is in manufacturing / distribution. We have engineers too, managing great big piles of machinery. We RUN on engineers and mechanics. Generally led by engineers. Hell, my last CEO was a former engineer and my current COO (who runs the plants) is an engineer himself. It's engineers, all the way up. They don't need to shop candidates all over the building to figure out if they can handle the job. They know. And can make an appropriate decision. It starts with setting the expectation that engineering centered functions are to be led by engineers. And the price of leading those functions is knowing your stuff... No Excuses.