There was a conversation about this in ##programming on Libera (IRC network) the other month:

[12:17] <systemfault> When managing people requires a totally different skillset than programming..
[12:17] <systemfault> The world is sometimes absurd like that...
01[12:19] <inhahe`> systemfault: if i worked as a programmer I think I'd find it problematic to be managed by someone who doesn't even fully understand what we're doing
[12:21] <InPhase> inhahe: It requires a different interaction modality. The boss becomes a stakeholder, and the programmer is then responsible for technical aspects. It only works right when there is a sufficient element of delegation and trust issued by the non-programming boss regarding technical matters and decisions.
[12:23] <InPhase> inhahe: If you end up rising in seniority, it's pretty easy to hit a point where you work for a person who doesn't understand technical details.
[12:24] <InPhase> inhahe`: There are career paths where you can avoid that, of course. But there are a lot of paths where a person rising the ranks ends up being the top technical expert in a chain of command.
[12:24] <InPhase> Or where the boss next up might have some sort of technical expertise, but not a matched expertise to the work in question, and thus it is effectively similar.