How often in practice does a programmer interact directly with managers (for example, PM)?

Question

Work organization

Does a (web) programmer have to interact with a project manager in his work? Or is there a certain role between a programmer and a manager, for example, a team leader who takes care of all communication with managers?
Perhaps project managers are not everywhere?

Answer 1

depends on the size of the team, the organization and the project as a whole. The fewer people, the stronger the connection. At the same time, even in large teams, there is a regular exchange of information between the developer and the manager or even the customer.
Possessing soft skills is now almost a requirement and recluses rarely take root

Answer 2

Often. The better the team and product, the more.
Even if it is a team lead and completely closes you from PMA, he will become a manager for you. Because business does not need you to press buttons and discuss your technical topics at the cooler, business needs you to accept and solve problems.
Judging by the comments, what you are really interested in is "how can I make it so that I do not communicate with managers, I can not stand them."
There are two options:
- go to some super-bureaucratic structure, to the farthest corner, where only the accounting department will know about you and no one will bother you with communication. There you can calmly do what you like. The more useless your work is, the less you will need to communicate with someone "non-technical" in a non-technical format.
- make programming your hobby, earn something else, and program for yourself, communicate with other "techies" on forums / parties and not at work and forget about the need to communicate with managers who want something from you, demand results and in general bad and nasty people.