A 'geek', being someone who solves problems and therefore does actual work, is a member of the working class.
The middle manager, equivalent to a slave overseer, has a different skillset related to the manipulation and control of personnel, that takes time and practice to develop.
In order for a technical worker to 'learn to delegate', i.e., adopt the ownership mentality and become a member of that class, he must make both a moral adjustment and learn a whole new set of personal manipulation and politicking skills.
But before that is even possible he must gain enough capital to purchase the workers.
Perhaps the secret to gaining capital is simply to appear as if one is already a member of the ownership class, whether that is really true or not.
Well, that really wasn't the point, but now that you bring it up, it really hadn't occurred to me that that might be the case. I'm sure that some middle managers do provide some service of some value to the people they manage.
The middle manager, equivalent to a slave overseer, has a different skillset related to the manipulation and control of personnel, that takes time and practice to develop.
In order for a technical worker to 'learn to delegate', i.e., adopt the ownership mentality and become a member of that class, he must make both a moral adjustment and learn a whole new set of personal manipulation and politicking skills.
But before that is even possible he must gain enough capital to purchase the workers.
Perhaps the secret to gaining capital is simply to appear as if one is already a member of the ownership class, whether that is really true or not.