I see project managers as facilitators: - they help us, the developers, to get the job done - they are the buffer between the client and us On the project th

I see project managers as facilitators: - they help us, the developers, to get the job done - they are the buffer between the client and us On the project that I work for about 2 years, no PM has any experience in programming Perl - one is coming from an economic background and the other was a java dev. We get along really well - we are colleagues and partners, not in a boss/slave relationship. They have to trust us that we get the job done and we don't bullshit them and we have to trust them that they don't overpromise and they hold our back against the client when that's needed. Until now, everything works perfect.