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My heart sinks every time a "non-technical" manager has opinions on technical matters and makes decisions based not on the case presented by the technical team
by surfingdino 2y ago
My heart sinks every time a "non-technical" manager has opinions on technical matters and makes decisions based not on the case presented by the technical team but on made up stories told by other managers, architects, and consultants. I spent a decade fighting with those types to deliver good work and do the right thing, but they have worn me out so I switched to pure dev work. At this point I am undecided as to whether a non-technical manager is worse than a "slightly technical"() one.
() - has a iPhone and an X-Box which in his mind qualifies him to make decisions on backend architecture designs.
- koonsolo 2y agoA good manager is at the service of the team, not the boss of the team. The main reason is that the expertise is at the bottom layer, not the top. Any good manager realizes this and know (s)he will have to trust the team.
- pm90 2y ago> but on made up stories told by other managers, architects, and consultants. Even more annoying: blog posts. Sometimes I wonder how is it that these folks are unable to see how fundamentally wrong and clueless they are. What I've noticed is that many of these folks aren’t very good listeners. Im currently working under such a manager and it’s really exhausting to have to have the same arguments repeatedly.