> So you want them to come to work and do their job, then go home and waste their nights and weekends doing a variation of your job?
No. This would be a person who already happens to spend their nights and weekends coding. There are plenty of people who like building things, whether it’s woodworking or software.
> How about, a proportion of their work day must be allocated to keeping up to date with the tools behind the thing they're attempting to manage?
Maybe, but it would need to be solving a real problem the team has, not just leetcode or some random thing. Part of sharpening the saw is the struggle, and subsequent overcoming, which requires solving a real problem.
But you also don’t want a manager owning a critical path project as the developer. Part of a manager’s effectiveness is being available. That doesn’t work in crunch time when a project needs head down coding all week to meet a deadline.
But if a manager is building a trading bot or chess engine on their own time, they will encounter all kinds of real world challenges.
If you get what you want you'll have a shitty Pull Request for you to review on Monday mornings with your eager boss waiting for your approval on the PR.
No. This would be a person who already happens to spend their nights and weekends coding. There are plenty of people who like building things, whether it’s woodworking or software.
> How about, a proportion of their work day must be allocated to keeping up to date with the tools behind the thing they're attempting to manage?
Maybe, but it would need to be solving a real problem the team has, not just leetcode or some random thing. Part of sharpening the saw is the struggle, and subsequent overcoming, which requires solving a real problem.
But you also don’t want a manager owning a critical path project as the developer. Part of a manager’s effectiveness is being available. That doesn’t work in crunch time when a project needs head down coding all week to meet a deadline.
But if a manager is building a trading bot or chess engine on their own time, they will encounter all kinds of real world challenges.