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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
This was in stark contrast to the manager I had beforehand, who was
an engineer (but not up-to-date with current technology) who had been
promoted to a manager, but had no skills in that direction at all. It
was very useful to be able to contrast their two behaviours in similar
situations.

One company I worked for had an HOD who was not only a superb manager, but
had also been an excellent at the job when still operational. Probably the
best combination possible.

The worst is often those who weren't that good at a job but get promoted
to be in charge.

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