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I agree. But one thing that I think the author should have talked about more (or eloborated on in case I missed it) is the natural followup to the articles conc
by victorbjorklund 2y ago
I agree. But one thing that I think the author should have talked about more (or eloborated on in case I missed it) is the natural followup to the articles conclusion.
Yes, there are technical skills in pretty much all fields. But if we recognize this fact it still does not address the starting point of the article. Is it better to have a manager with deep technical skills in the field of the people they manage?
Should a basketball coach be a good basketball player? Should the project manager of a software team be a good programmer?
Yes, there are seperate technical skills in the area of project management and sports coaching. But does the manager also need the technical skills of the people they manage?
- surfingdino 2y agoI used to work with someone who thought of themselves as a technical manager, because in his years after college he managed a couple of devs who mage Flash games. Then, by some skilled office politics and association with non-technical blow-hards he managed to become a manager on a complex greenfield project where he was managing a team of 30+ and had to work within an organisation of 150+ people who thought he was the person to answer technical questions. He mismanaged the team causing a lot of people to suffer mental issues and leave. Every time there was a technical question he'd pick the most idiotic solution you could think of. There was no way of fixing this problem, because the management above him were even more clueless. I have no respect for non-technical managers.
- ozim 2y agoI have seen those people in wild. I have respect for non-technical managers but the ones that know their limitations.