[sanarothe]

Well it does say software engineering managers at the top but... This article is very strange to me as a non software engineer.

To be fair my industry has CFR mandated management responsibilities, including provision of resources and ensuring effectiveness of the company's quality systems.

But beyond being shielded from all that 'crap' I wouldn't want to deal with, my manager is...

- A resource on technical topics I'm not as familiar with

- A liasion to other groups, eg when I don't think I'm the right person to own something, or I'm hitting roadblocks

- Someone to vent to when other groups 'just don't get it'

- Someone to help prioritize and rebalance when I'm underwater

- Someone to keep shit from flowing downhill onto the engineers

- Someone to buy team lunches