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If every (engineering) manager or director you know around you is also a trained engineer... you're the exception, not the norm.
by xcambar 5y ago
If every (engineering) manager or director you know around you is also a trained engineer... you're the exception, not the norm.
- renewiltord 5y agoIn the Bay Area it’s pretty standard, I’d say. Be surprised if there were any at a Bay Area tech company without any engineering in their past. Unless you mean something specific by “trained”. Like most Software Engineers, I’m not a PE nor did I undergo any specialized training. Pretty much just have Maths and CS degrees and lots of work experience.
- xcambar 5y agoHave you never met a business-school alumnus/alumna that had zero knowledge about the craft of software engineering and software development, still getting a management position? That is sad, especially wrt the effects on the team mood. --- To be fair, same goes with a software engineer turned manager without any guidance, landed there by sheer inertia.
- renewiltord 5y agoI’m aware of the concept but haven’t encountered it in any Bay Area company - my work experience is across a bunch of startups here and I have contacts at FAANGs and midsize.