> A good manager has empathy for those who report to them. If the boss doesn’t code or hasn’t written code in a long time, they won’t understand the daily probl

> A good manager has empathy for those who report to them. If the boss doesn’t code or hasn’t written code in a long time, they won’t understand the daily problems that their team is faced with It's as if coding is painted in this herculean way, as if it works /against/ you when you're doing it and it's some monumental task. Aim for /flow/ where the task is hard but not too hard that you can't do it fast enough or efficiently enough, and you enjoy the challenge.