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As a manager you should not be making technical decisions. The most knowledgeable and experienced technical staff should be making those decisions. From your de
by GianFabien 4y ago
As a manager you should not be making technical decisions. The most knowledgeable and experienced technical staff should be making those decisions. From your description you have the basic technical knowledge to ask intelligent questions; to guide your staff to consensus and cooperation.
I have seen several situations with managers making technical decisions based on outdated knowledge / experience and it ended very badly. With projects failing and the best staff leaving.
In my experience, the best managers protect their team from outside interference, distraction and conflicting directions. Thus ensuring that they stay focused and are able to do their best work possible.
- sdevonoes 4y ago> The most knowledgeable and experienced technical staff should be making those decisions. Aren't such individuals the engineer managers themselves, though? Usually, engineer managers have years of experience doing engineering, while the team they are in charge of, is composed of juniors and seniors who have less years of experience than the manager.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 4y agoWhy would you take your best engineers and then give them a completely unrelated job which is going to be a huge time sink? It's something that is done, but should it?
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