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Management has always politics involved. And politics get ugly fast, strange personalities fighting over small stuff with minimal importance. Now exchange "Man
by kluck 11y ago
Management has always politics involved. And politics get ugly fast, strange personalities fighting over small stuff with minimal importance.
Now exchange "Management" in the first sentence with "Programming in a team" ;)
- djipko 11y agoRight, but as the article points out - you get compensated (10x) better for it in the management track. There are outliers of course, but they are just that - outliers.
- Chyzwar 11y agoIt is biased. Middle management makes usually less that senior programmers. His perspective is biased, he compare senior developer to VP/CTO roles. It way more difficult to become someone high in management structure. Since manager ratio is 5-10 to one manager, and high level manager is for every 50-100 employees you need to very lucky, in right place and time.