Sure; but he or she might have a better idea than someone who doesn't know `=` from `==`, right? And do you really want to turn your best engineers into manager

Sure; but he or she might have a better idea than someone who doesn't know `=` from `==`, right? And do you really want to turn your best engineers into managers, when they'd be much happier and more productive building themselves? EDIT: Of course, I do agree with you. It's just worth keeping in mind that perfection can be hard to reach, at least in the conventional manager-evaluates-engineer format.