Currently writing open source code and helping partner developers as an Integration Engineer at Login.gov. Author of Foot in the Door: My Self Taught Journey Becoming a Software Engineer
Agreed 100%. There is such a dangerous assumption in the industry among upper management that "leadership is something that comes naturally with time" like you said. It is patently false. If they are writing code for 10 years, chances are that is what they want to keep doing.
I've worked at companies who theoretically are doing it the proper way, but even then I have seen people in leadership roles that clearly need more training on people skills, even if they are good at dealing with architecture and high level software problems.
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Agreed 100%. There is such a dangerous assumption in the industry among upper management that "leadership is something that comes naturally with time" like you said. It is patently false. If they are writing code for 10 years, chances are that is what they want to keep doing.
I've worked at companies who theoretically are doing it the proper way, but even then I have seen people in leadership roles that clearly need more training on people skills, even if they are good at dealing with architecture and high level software problems.