We compare hands-on craft with hands-on leadership and ask whether the best managers must be able to do the job. Stories of bad HR-only management, better coaching habits, and how trust plus context beat micromanagement every time.

• tradeoffs between art, craft, and making a living
• repair culture vs modern tech and subscriptions
• practitioner managers vs HR-only managers
• why context matters in software and product work
• how micromanagement kills learning and autonomy
• using a 30-60-90 reset when inheriting teams
• when HR models work in unions and first response
• sales as a domain that demands expert lineage
• interview questions to spot supportive managers
• outcomes, trust, and stepping in only when needed

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