How do you work under a manager that has little to/ no technical skill set in your or your teams area of service delivery?

The main issue is when they critique specific technical approaches such as: use of certain tech stacks , overall approach to issues (sdlc) and even terminology usage (eg claiming SIT and UAT are not common acronyms). I get there many qualities that make a good leader, but it’s really tough to respect someone’s directio when they don’t have any competency in these areas.

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I am curious to which group you are in...I have seen a few new leaders get hired in to KPMG and they are...lets just say organizations they leave, usually try to hire back the folks that left under said leader.

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I’d raise it as a problem as see if your organization takes it seriously and addresses it. If not, or if you don’t feel comfortable raising the issue, I’d leave.

I was in that situation once. Left after 1.5 years since it wasn’t taken seriously. A year later the entire management team (up to senior VP) was let go.

Technical or not, I think it’s important that any manager understands own limitations, e.g. when to challenge their team and when to trust their team is more knowledgeable and/or more into the project that they are able to make the best decisions.

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