Your job isn‘t just to coordinate people, but help them reach consensus. If there‘s a tie, that decision is yours to make. So: 1. You have to keep writing cod

Your job isn‘t just to coordinate people, but help them reach consensus. If there‘s a tie, that decision is yours to make. So: 1. You have to keep writing code to remain an effective tiebreaker 2. You still need to be a badass engineer in order to hire and keep exceptional talent who‘s looking up to you for mentorship. Respect and excellence are non-negotiable ingredients in a working meritocracy. Sure you can also work outside of a meritocracy, but results and engineering happiness/productivity is usually subpar. So that‘s exactl why the hunt is on for those unicorn engineers who can also socialize: It‘s proven to work.