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> 2) Don't assume that the /manager/ really has the low-level information

If the manager isn't a "real programmer", even if (s)he doesn't actively code anymore, I'd be nervous about working there.

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That would make you nervous about 99% or so of all the IT jobs.

Yes.

I haven't had a whole pile of bosses in my 'early career' but I do recall that the only boss that was a serious headache was one that had been a programmer earlier in life.

What's another name for a manager who meticulously checks all the code that his or her charges are producing because they're still in a position to understand it? A micromanager :-)

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