Explain why the best programmers do not always make the best software managers. You may find it helpful to base your answer on the list of management activities in Section 22.1.
What will be an ideal response?
Management activities such as proposal writing, project planning and personnel
selection require a set of skills including presentation and communication skills,
organisational skills and the ability to communicate with other project team
members.
Programming skills are distinct from these (indeed, it is a common criticism
of programmers that they lack human communication skills) so it does not follow
that good programmers can re-orient their abilities to be good managers.
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