Today morning on the way to work I was thinking - what makes a good manager ?. I've been working in numerous companies and one thing I found out is that if your manager have got IT background it's easier to talk (both technically and non-technically) to him, also he/she understands you better. But, if your manager is a person who think JAVA is a coffee then you are going to have a rough ride in front of you.
I'm lucky that my current manager is a technical guy so he knows what I'm facing and understand what I'm talking about and he is able to sympathize to the developer better, because he have been in their shoes before. I had a manager before where he was good at what he do, but when it comes to understanding problem that we as a developer face he does not want to know or pretend that the problem I'm explaining is actually not a problem but an excuse. Can you imagine how much energy you have to take out to convience this bozo.
Being a manager is totally different thing than being a developer. A manager will look after thing and sometimes you need to have that "6 Sense" where you can emphatize with people around you and you can feel the air around you, whether people are in good mood, problem cropping up and what not other thing. I ain't no manager but I'm learning to become one and trust me it's easier to write code and debugging rather than becoming a manager. Also you must spend a lot of time interacting with different parties so you won't have the time to keep yourself updated or renew your technical skills like before, you really need to manage your time carefully and every minute and hours is really really precious.
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