> Why do I get the feeling you're a technical manager trying to rationalize why you don't trust your developers?

Because you're not reading my comment carefully, and ignoring the caveats I've put in my comment (it's a problem I've noticed with communication in general; people respond as if I don't mean them).

This is what I said: > On a basic level, yes a manager needs to have reasonable trust in his team members and be able to interact with them well.

So I do agree that trust is important. Feedback and guidance is not about lack of trust, and I'm not sure why you're confusing the two.

For what it's worth, I prefer a manager who is engaged with what I'm doing, not micro-managing me, but helping me to align my efforts with the overall picture.