Absolutely, and I’ve worked with (and tried to model myself on) people who hire people smarter than they are. If nothing else, management is itself a skill and

Absolutely, and I’ve worked with (and tried to model myself on) people who hire people smarter than they are. If nothing else, management is itself a skill and many highly competent doers have little interest in management. And that’s ok! But I have seen way too many managers-promoting-managers and ignoring doers along the way.