Exactly - in one sense, turning a good programmer into a manager is a sure fire way to lose a good programmer and gain a bad manager. Senior/tech lead should b

Exactly - in one sense, turning a good programmer into a manager is a sure fire way to lose a good programmer and gain a bad manager. Senior/tech lead should be enough of an upgrade to get valuable voices heard, without swamping programmers with managerial duties. Otherwise, let’s turn the best managers into programmers as well, and see how that goes :)