Someone made an excellent point on the blog site that one of the key drivers for a trend towards fewer engineering managers is that engineering management is ge

Someone made an excellent point on the blog site that one of the key drivers for a trend towards fewer engineering managers is that engineering management is getting simpler with, in his words: "the rapid the maturation of "infrastructure as code" tools and methodologies, all the *aaS magic that's out in the world right now, the "App Store" ecosystems, etc. With a small team, you can do seriously global-scale things. " You can get lot more done now with fewer people and less complexity, which means less management needed.