Yep! There’s an entire school of thought that management and engineering are so entirely different that managers don’t need to have an engineering background.
I personally disagree, but I have a friend who insists that the best engineering managers are those who come from professional management backgrounds (project management, then people management usually) instead of engineering backgrounds.
I personally disagree, but I have a friend who insists that the best engineering managers are those who come from professional management backgrounds (project management, then people management usually) instead of engineering backgrounds.