I was that manager for a bit. I think it’s a phase some of us go through because we are excited about what we learn just like an early mid-level would get excited about a new framework.
It takes a while until we get to “okay, I’ve read enough that this all rhymes.” I still pull out a “have you read” occasionally, though, because it is the easiest way to communicate a thought and I can’t assume a basic curriculum that all EMs share. It’s as if you couldn’t assume your peers had ever heard about microservices. It doesn’t mean that everyone needs to use one or that it’s always the right pattern, but it facilitates conversation and conveys an idea.
It takes a while until we get to “okay, I’ve read enough that this all rhymes.” I still pull out a “have you read” occasionally, though, because it is the easiest way to communicate a thought and I can’t assume a basic curriculum that all EMs share. It’s as if you couldn’t assume your peers had ever heard about microservices. It doesn’t mean that everyone needs to use one or that it’s always the right pattern, but it facilitates conversation and conveys an idea.