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Depends on what the "lead" means. Certainly, he won't be able to be a technical lead, but non-technical people can lead technical people on other senses as long
by SoftwareMaven 13y ago
Depends on what the "lead" means. Certainly, he won't be able to be a technical lead, but non-technical people can lead technical people on other senses as long as the leader is humble, recognizes his shortcomings, and is willing to listen to and apply advice.
It is extremely arrogant for developers to believe the only thing of value a leader can bring to the table is coding chops. Compared to what it really takes, coding chops are immaterial.
- gknoy 13y agoI think most of us would feel that "lead software architect" is a technical lead, or should be able to be in some capacity.
- SoftwareMaven 13y agoWhile that is fair enough, I've never seen a company put a non-technical person in a lead technical role. Conversely, I've see no end of "a non-engineer can't manage engineers", which is what this feels like. Of course, all other qualities being equal, having the addition of technical skills on top of managerial skills is good, but I've had more non-technical bosses I'd choose to work for again than technical bosses.