Microsoft employee on stack ranking and its 'most universally hated exec'
I'm honestly wondering why we value management so much.  It might be my lack of corporate experience but I have a lot of trouble seeing most management positions as important (in fact, my general feeling is that they're a hindrance most often than not).<p>Do companies really go down in flames if no one is there to try and measure, through various ineffective ways, the quality of other people's work (often in a field they don't even understand)?<p>Would a bunch of engineers really sit there doing nothing if they didn't have a manager to report to?  Is said manager more apt at taking decisions than they are?<p>I'm curious and also pretty sure that if I ever started a company, I'd at least try to do it without any sort of formal management.  At least to try.