At my workplace, managing the team is only a portion of each manager's job. The other portion is carrying out administrative tasks assigned by their manager. Ex

At my workplace, managing the team is only a portion of each manager's job. The other portion is carrying out administrative tasks assigned by their manager. Examples include gathering data for updating and maintaining a variety of metrics and dashboards, writing procedures, and so forth. In fact a lot of that stuff could be automated, and it is. The managers, including one former coder, use mostly Excel. If they have to create a tool for others to use, with a user interface, they usually find a canned solution that can be bought and installed. In fact, my lack of interest in that side of middle management is one of the things that led me to turn in my manager hat and return to the rank and file. Ironically, they promoted me out of management, which is a pretty good hint. ;-)