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The vast majority of HN commenters are young and have never been managers themselves, so don't have much appreciation for what the role really entails or its di
by mdorazio 5y ago
The vast majority of HN commenters are young and have never been managers themselves, so don't have much appreciation for what the role really entails or its difficulties. Also, tech seems to have a higher percentage of bad managers than some other industries I've worked around, possibly because a lot of tech workers don't actually want to be managers but get forced into the role either by promotion or pursuit of money/power.
- bottled_poe 5y agoI'm assuming that by "managers" we mean project managers here... These are a few things which come to mind which managers are involved with, which developers are often protected from: 1. Financial decisions 2. Client relationship management 3. Proposal writing 4. Progress reporting 5. Managing changes in scope/schedule 5. Delivery Forecasting 6. Accountability for delivery