But wouldn’t you prefer to have an executive director of foos with the technical expertise to be a foo himself, so he has a better understanding of the foos that he’s executively directing?
Yes, but ceteris ain’t paribus. If foo=software engineer, sure, make one of yours executive director, then throw a brick in the Bay Area and hire the one you knocked out.
But wouldn’t you prefer to have an executive director of foos with the technical expertise to be a foo himself, so he has a better understanding of the foos that he’s executively directing?
Yes, but ceteris ain’t paribus. If foo=software engineer, sure, make one of yours executive director, then throw a brick in the Bay Area and hire the one you knocked out.