The thing is though that people/ project management and development are very different skills. I've had an interesting experience recently where a team keeps as

The thing is though that people/ project management and development are very different skills. I've had an interesting experience recently where a team keeps asking me for things that are relatively dumb and I say no but I said yes this last time because I don't want to be the place where everything they ask for goes to die. Saying yes on this thing, while not a small ask, helps them stay motivated and feel appreciated even though there is truly no value to it. Learning these things has changed my opinion on leadership. There are of course still bad leaders but the people that get things done and those that manage large groups are often not the same person as they are very different problem sets.