When did commenting on HN become so predictable? Yes, there are bad managers, just like there are bad everything-elses. Small companies don't need management,

When did commenting on HN become so predictable? Yes, there are bad managers, just like there are bad everything-elses. Small companies don't need management, but the larger a company gets, the more important communication gets or everybody goes off in their own direction. You can't accomplish big things if everybody is rowing to a different rhythm. Further, there is a limit to how many people a person can effectively manage directly. Most bad organizations I've see put way too many direct reports on managers, forcing the manager to be flighty and generic. Finally, engineers put very little importance on personal interactions, but business is run on those personal interactions. Just like there are bad places to work as a developer, there are bad places to work as a manager. And they often (but not always) overlap.