Thoughts on reading "software as you want"

Today, I got Joel's "software on demand" and read a chapter titled my first billg review.

In this chapter, Joel tells about his experience in Microsoft's "Excel" program manager. The billg review mentioned here is that Bill Gates will review the report. As we all know, Bill is a programmer-born boss. He has always played the godfather role in Microsoft. But it seems that this billg review is a bit of a breeze.

Today, we have repeatedly supported it through various arguments. A boss will inevitably lead to incompetence in other professions. But why does Bill need to review it, and Microsoft achieved such brilliant achievements at that time?

In fact, five or six levels have been passed before Bill's review, but Bill, as the boss of a software company, has done one thing: read the report carefully and take the best notes in the blank space, then, the system keeps asking questions during review to discover problems.

But what I want to say is, if Bill Gates is not a programmer, can Microsoft achieve today's success? There are many possibilities, but if it is a layman, I think the ending should be a tragedy. Just as John scoli has made Pepsi brilliant, and Apple almost broke down, it is not just a matter of management that can achieve management success in any field.