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Successful managers leave the coding wizardry to their staff.
Usually it's the gurus who are tapped to lead, after all. Yet, leadership and management counselors say that those who want to keep their tech knowledge strong, while succeeding as a manager, are just setting themselves up for failure and headaches. It's why you see such a turnover in tech management. It's a common IT career situation, he explains, since many companies only offer one management track for the employee population. At companies like 3M, he notes, there is no need to switch from being a techie to being a manager.