Should managers still code?
This month we have a mailbag question from a reader who asks: Hi James, Your newsletter “being in the details” resonated with me. I would like to ask your opinion about managers writing code. I skim PRs but don’t critically review them and don’t write code. Should EMs write code in their day job? Thanks! It’s a great question, and given the higher scrutiny we’ve seen on the role of engineering managers in the past few years, […]