> Guess it depends where you have worked.  At the places I've worked, the 
> bosses have done the same job as the people below them at some point in 
> the past, so they have a pretty good idea what is going on.  I guess if 
> you're working for a company that has expanded very quickly then of 
> course you need to get in people who haven't had that experience, then 
> you risk the bosses not having a clue what is going on under them.

All I know is that The Daily WTF is *replete* with examples of companies 
where the MD or something wrote the original version of the company's 
product, but he can't actually code his way out of a paper bag, but he 
still likes to "show the beginners how a real expert does it" from time 
to time. And the real programmers end up going to extraordinary lengths 
to keep the bosses away from the build system.

It's not always due to expansion. There are any number of reasons why a 
company can end up with employees who think they know what they're doing 
when really they don't. The problem is especially acute when those 
people end up in management. (Who's gonna fire them?)

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