Software Dev Managers at Facebook

My manager still writes a ton of code. But I work in Core Systems. I’ve been told that managers at Facebook mostly have discretion to be as technical or non-technical as they want, modulo their given people responsibilities.

I've seen lots of both. My first manager wrote a ton of code and even was part of our grueling oncall rotation while managing 8 ppl. My current manager doesn't write any code but has a lot more people responsibilities.

I know directors that code a little too. Pretty crazy. As has already been said, depends on what org you end up in and how big the team is. Coding has a nice upside as you know the pain of the team, what slows them down and you can pitch in during a crunch.