Do you expect your frontline manager to be a Subject Matter Expert?

Posted by HoosierLarry@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 131 comments

Is your boss the SME for the assortment of tech that your team administers? Do you expect them to be? Do you expect them to know how to at least do your job? I imagine that the answer depends on the size of the organization and consequently the department and maybe even by industry.