Really, software managers should have no trouble noticing a 10:1 skill difference between devs. I absolutly agree with you, and on HN many of us are in a filte

Really, software managers should have no trouble noticing a 10:1 skill difference between devs. I absolutly agree with you, and on HN many of us are in a filter bubble in which the companies we are surounded my have a good deal of people that know software and creativity. The reality out in the real word though is much different. Many companies have managers that have never worked on software in their life, there is a school of thought that management is management, and for some disciplines it is true management is transferable, those of us in technology know this to be idiotic but if you came from a traditional enterprise and have seen multiple manager move from inventory to shipping and be successful you would believe the converse to be true. Years of observation reinforce this to those individuals and create cultures in which management is management.