I vehemently disagree with this sentiment. Not to argue against the existence of bad managers (nearly everyone has an anecdote from one time or another), but that doesn&#x27;t diminish the worth of a strong manager (especially in larger organizations). A good manager of technical team server 2 main purposes in my mind. The first is an insulation between the team and and the outside world. Your &quot;problem solvers&quot; aren&#x27;t going to get anything done if they  spend their entire days negotiating with clients or fielding reqs from other departments. Secondly, a good manager acts as a focusing lens for the team. This allows the individual member to concentrate on any given technical problem without needing to expend the bandwidth to constantly come back to how their piece needs to work into the bigger picture.<p>There might be a whole host of things holding the tech industry back but the idea of the manager certainly isn&#x27;t one of them.