On: Many engineers are far more valuable than their managers

[harry8]

"This is true and a good manager is worth more than many bad engineers." --Might be more correct

[spyrosg → harry8]

For a one-man project, sure. Otherwise, the grand-parent is right.

To achieve anything hard you'll need a team of engineers. That single good manager is going to be the one that attracts and retains those good engineers. You need few good managers but they're much harder to find.