Do Techies Make Good Leaders?
The old school managers, always skeptical about techie leaders, would say no. Technology guys will say; they are the only choice. Most of the high-tech companies are relatively new. Therefore there is no such a thing as legacy management procedure in place. Also, high-tech companies are super dynamic by nature. A product today will be obsolete in ten years time. Same as its management procedure, planning and other related process. Procter & Gamble or Jonson & Jonson management procedures and therefore their leaders can and should follow same rules. In these companies, the core products will change but not dramatically. Apple or Cisco does not have a core product for more than ten years! Legacy switches and routers are replacing with cloud computing and virtual switches. iPods are replacing by iPads and God knows “i” what in five years time. All the management procedures and process which developed for one family of product should change in couple of years to be compatible with new need
