Coordinating humans is a super interesting problem. One of my career regrets is not getting to do it on a really large scale - un/fortunately I don't pattern match a manager, and didn't find someone willing to take the risk. But I appreciate how juicy a problem it is
Everyone hates middle management, until you become middle management, and then you realize how load-bearing a good middle manager is to any organization - and how much fucking work they get done.