I like to make a distinction between managers and leaders. - Leaders get a project done. They may or may not be managers. They think about technical problems,

I like to make a distinction between managers and leaders. - Leaders get a project done. They may or may not be managers. They think about technical problems, they write code, they organize teams and answer questions, they write design documents, they communicate technical stuff to other teams and managers. In some companies these are PMs (but the meaning of PM has been devalued to "someone who does non-technical project management, like bug tracking and scheduling"). - Managers deal with people. They write reviews, they fire people, the might hire people. They do donkey work like finding office space or ordering hardware or making sure that people get compensated properly. Those are two different jobs, and they're often conflated.