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Hard disagree. Some of the best managers I've had are non-coders. I think a technical manager needs to be able to understand technical concepts at a high level,
by mkozlows 6y ago
Hard disagree. Some of the best managers I've had are non-coders. I think a technical manager needs to be able to understand technical concepts at a high level, but actually writing code? Nah.
(Some of the worst managers I've had, contrariwise, were people who started as coders and kept trying to work their decades-old knowledge into conversations. No, this service didn't "ABEND," thanks.)
- curiousllama 6y agoAs a kind-of technical person (tech degree with limited professional application), I think you're exactly right. After going tech role > non-tech role > non-tech-but-managing-tech role, I found it was often most valuable for me to stay at a buzzword level. My team was always happiest when I could take their mostly-natural output and keep the monkeys off their back.