Comment Software engineering is so lost (Score 1) 426
I hadn't coded in years and never in the language he had to work with.
If as a software development manager you do not have the ability to do the work of those you directly manage, then you shouldn't be managing them. This inability is not tolerated in other engineering disciplines and it shouldn't be tolerated in software engineering either.
Note to trolls:
- I only said "ability" and never directly or indirectly implied that you should be able to do the same job as capably as those you manage.
- I said, "those you directly manage"; I don't expect the CEO to be able to engineer software, unless he has software developers reporting to him—then he better be able to code.
