the work of a manager isn't to 2x its team. The work of the manager is to maintain the structure and order. I.e. to fill the role of glue/bone/wood and may be pipes with some direction-based filtration of content.
why incompetence is so pervasive in management.
Technical incompetence seems to help in being a successful order maintainer. That way you don't get easily swayed by technical reasons away from the "right way" that the higher-ups lead you on. Natural selection in management doesn't behave kindly toward managers questioning technical merits of the decisions flushed down ... err ... communicated from the higher levels.
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the work of a manager isn't to 2x its team. The work of the manager is to maintain the structure and order. I.e. to fill the role of glue/bone/wood and may be pipes with some direction-based filtration of content.
Technical incompetence seems to help in being a successful order maintainer. That way you don't get easily swayed by technical reasons away from the "right way" that the higher-ups lead you on. Natural selection in management doesn't behave kindly toward managers questioning technical merits of the decisions flushed down ... err ... communicated from the higher levels.