Good managers are a dime a dozen. Managers promulgate the myth that there are many bad managers to justify inflated salaries. But the pool of good managers is so vast that there is absolutely no excuse to hire a bad or an average one.
This the first of an infinite series of correctives to the standard Bloomberg-LinkedIn-Forbesesque-BusinessInsider business media line that employees better watch their step and always put their own interests last. Their bad managers, who despise "silos" (meaning "technical silos") know better. They keep their asymmetric information to themselves: they love management silos, which must be nurtured and protected against employee incursion, lest they too get the "big picture."
I'm glad you've had good experiences with managers. I know a lot of people who have really suffered under bad managers multiple times across their careers, especially in startups.
This the first of an infinite series of correctives to the standard Bloomberg-LinkedIn-Forbesesque-BusinessInsider business media line that employees better watch their step and always put their own interests last. Their bad managers, who despise "silos" (meaning "technical silos") know better. They keep their asymmetric information to themselves: they love management silos, which must be nurtured and protected against employee incursion, lest they too get the "big picture."