One of the reasons I studied an MBA was to help me identify a good manager once I have it.

As an IT person, against all the other careers we can actually grow ($$$) without having to become manager, so I decided if my future growth depends on another person is not me, I should be able to identify them.

To quote my first manager “perception is truth”, whatever everybody person perceives as truth is their truth,

In the same line of thought, I knew he wasn’t such a great manager, I got moved to an Indian manager who was great but some months later my first manager was going to become my mid-level manager, so I had to move.

Bad management or bad manager can destroy your career, your job or at least stagnate your professional growth, each of those is something every person cannot risk.