sorry, sometimes my fingers and my brain aren't in sync. yes in my experience the best IC turned managers are about on par with a mediocre manager that is real

sorry, sometimes my fingers and my brain aren't in sync. yes in my experience the best IC turned managers are about on par with a mediocre manager that is really good at managing, and didn't come up as a coder, and the best managers I've had have all been from other backgrounds. No doubt there are great coders-turned-managers out there, but it often seems like the "people skills" are just assumed to be easy to acquire, when actually they take a pretty complicated mix of talent and experience for that sort of thing as well