I bang on regularly about "software literacy" - that software is another form of literacy and will impact how companies orgise as much as actual literacy did.

I bang on regularly about "software literacy" - that software is another form of literacy and will impact how companies orgise as much as actual literacy did. And one important slightly snarky point I make is that often you will hear people say "I used to code before I got into management but now ...". Yet no one says "I used to read and write before I got into management..." The editor of the new york times will be able to read every part of todays print. He will have sun editors who in total have read every part of the paper going out today. And checked it. Do we think that every engineering manager has read every changeset going out the door today? This checklist is good for people management - but has sod all to do with software management