> Good managers can be amazingly effective and well worth it. Good Xs (where X = developers, managers, designers, etc.) can be amazingly effective and well wor

> Good managers can be amazingly effective and well worth it. Good Xs (where X = developers, managers, designers, etc.) can be amazingly effective and well worth it. This is obvious. The vast majority of managers out there are average, and so they are a necessary evil. Compare this to the situation: the vast majority of developers out there are average (I include myself in this group )... and this is fine, they are not seen as a “necessary evil”.