The problem with "Engineering Managers " in our software verticals is that we mostly get people who are shitty engineers and shitty people managers. What are t

The problem with "Engineering Managers " in our software verticals is that we mostly get people who are shitty engineers and shitty people managers. What are the JDs of "Engineer Managers" ? And what are their REAL responsibilities. Their responsibilities are basically improve and maintain the performance of whoever they "manage" . But for some reason we decided that shitty engineers that decided they dont want do do development are the ones looking for management positions. And they get good at playing the politics game. My wife works in a non tech position and had a manager, who studied for people management and understand in the long term what makes people perform (hint, it's not keeping them sad, overworked and getting all the shit politics). Good managers filter the shit from you. Push back on stupid deadlines and double drippings, and act on your needs as a person. And they may not know shit about the technical side of things, but they trust you do your job. I think Industrial Engineers with some specialization in people management make the best managers for Software Dev.