Managers pay attention to the implementation to find problems and gain intuition.

By maintaining the code directly and watching the code’s maintenance, one has better access to the bottlenecks and process issues involved. This enables them to put into motion solving the issues. This further allows one to understand what a system is capable of which is important in higher level discussions.rF2


  1. Camille Fournier, The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change, ed. Laurel Ruma, First Edition (Beijing: O’Reilly, 2017). (See notes.)