I've had good managers, and bad. A good manager knows his people, their skill sets, and how they work. He knows what work he can give them, and how much and wh

I've had good managers, and bad. A good manager knows his people, their skill sets, and how they work. He knows what work he can give them, and how much and what kind of supervision they need. Like this; Ann needs only to be given a goal, and guidance. Bill works best with a daily walk-by. Charles needs constant and close supervision. He will be able to tap dance with _his_ manager, explain what his people are doing, and why, and run interference as needed between 'management' and 'politics'. Most of all he knows _people_. He may not know exactly what Bill is going on about when he talks about 'fsck' but he can tell when he's being bullsh*tted. A bad manager can't do any of that.