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).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)?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?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.