> help them better manage developers. The only way to better manage developers is to have a manager that used to be developer. If that's impossible, the best

> help them better manage developers. The only way to better manage developers is to have a manager that used to be developer. If that's impossible, the best option left would be to just trust the developers on their reports. All of the other options that are taken (which I would say, for these traditional companies, 99% of the time) inevitably result in a mess.