I don't care how technical my manager is. As long as they understand what I'm doing, back me in justifying why I'm doing it, are willing to listen when I have p

I don't care how technical my manager is. As long as they understand what I'm doing, back me in justifying why I'm doing it, are willing to listen when I have problems, can give me some career guidance, can give me direct feedback when things are going poorly, and can explain why we're doing things that seem out of plan, I'm happy. None of these things need technical skills. In fact, if I can't explain what I'm doing without getting deeply technical, then I question whether I'm doing the right thing _or_ if how I'm doing it needs to be simplified. In my experience, bad managers will hide negative feedback to avoid upsetting you, cow-tow to their management when they have grievances with you or want to waste your time, will phone in 1x1s and will generally just be a roadblock. One of the best managers I ever had was non-technical. She was very good at building people. Rare skill.