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The old way is basically aristocratic thinking, the people who actually do stuff are scum, the people "in charge" are simply better than them.

Once you start admitting that "managing people" is just a job that you can do well or badly, and that can be really important or just administrative trivia, then that worldview shatters.

Unfortunately it seems very well embedded in the general culture, even in tech where it's not totally unthinkable for someone to earn more money (and provide more value) to the firm than the person who manages them.




Isn't it desirable though to have the people in charge be skilled in the job that the people who manage them are doing? So you're paying more because you need somebody with 2 skill sets.


Ahmen




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