There is a tension here I want to explore. Basically I have a theory that coders are the new managers (goes with my software literacy idea). Look at books on

There is a tension here I want to explore. Basically I have a theory that coders are the new managers (goes with my software literacy idea). Look at books on management ala Drucker in the 60s. These people (big managers) are a special species bestriding the world, aligning corporations to build better world. Recently google published a book on how to be a great manager which boiled its eight points down to "be nice to your coders so they stay" Companies are becoming programmable - machines that are slow AI and slowly speeding up that AI and that needs control via code. And the coders build that. So my theory is that each release of code is effectively a new company (machine). And that the people we call software engineers are writing the rules for those companies - but the non coding managers are not going to let go without a fight. Staff engineering roles are the front line for this battle. If it's all influence and social respect (like say Linus) then the future of empire building managers is shaky.