The manager's job is to solve people problems. Most developers are great at analytical thinking, but very bad at emotional thinking. Nerds are usually introvert

The manager's job is to solve people problems. Most developers are great at analytical thinking, but very bad at emotional thinking. Nerds are usually introverted, and moody, in my experience. Great managers are the opposite of nerds. They are extroverted, warm, communicative, cheery, and, (for the lack of a better term) dumb. Its a huge mistake to put a nerd in a manager role, as much as it is a mistake to put a manager in a programmer role. I've worked under my fare share of "nerd managers" as well as "manager programmers". Both do more hard than good.