Ironically, “I want to be a manager” is just about the worst sentiment a would-be manager could possibly express, because the statement has absolutely nothing to do with leadership. A leader doesn’t fixate on management, which is after all just a bureaucratic framework that attempts to simulate leadership through process and protocol.

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/05/not-managing-software-developers.html

also

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/moores-law-is-crap.html