It is interesting that 'good managers are never deep in the code' is widely accepted wisdom, but in OSS, we expect our leaders to be primarily technical
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For me, management and leadership are two very different skillsets. Sometimes they vest in the same person; but usually I wouldn't expect managers to be deep in code; just like I wouldn't expect team leads to be trying to write project plans and delivery schedules.
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Replying to @dsilverstone @nick_r_cameron
I think FOSS projects often suffer for a lack of 'true management' because a TL ends up expected to do the bare minimum of management functions while also being a team lead, and that isn't great.

Aug 19, 2022 ยท 10:55 AM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone
Yeah, exactly, this is the well known result of having a single track promotion ladder in a company, but some how we expect this to just work in open source
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I have found a lot of "coders" entirely ignore the value of project management because they don't understand it very well. Perhaps that attitude leaks into FOSS projects, only for them to discover a need for certain things and then have to do them as coders not PMs & thus badly.
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