Call me "Mr. Abstraction"

This article generated a lively discussion at my work few months back. Since I am a Software Development Manager, one of my employees passed it along. The Development Abstraction Layer - Joel on Software. The thing he wanted me to take home was:

With a software company, the first priority of management needs to be creating that abstraction for the programmers.

He took it one step further, and told me it should be my only priority. I already knew this employee felt that way, this got me thinking that possibly all tech employees feel that way about their boss. How about you?

As you know from recent posts, if I am an abstraction layer, I must now abstract across the Atlantic. This presents both challenges and opportunities. More later.