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> I agree, a big part of the problem is that few tech organisations have alternate progression paths for technical staff, so promoting to management is seen as
by wnevets 10y ago
> I agree, a big part of the problem is that few tech organisations have alternate progression paths for technical staff, so promoting to management is seen as the only way of rewarding long term tech staff. Often made worse by making it politically untenable to raise salary above certain levels without promotions.
Short of finding a new job, I'm not sure how to work around this problem without becoming a manager.
- vidarh 10y agoYeah, if your a dev in a company like that, it's incredibly hard to change - it takes buy-in from the top, as it involves paying developers more, while still paying managers too. Convincing them that the long term loyalty of staff and the expertise you'd have available by having people stick around with far longer tech experience is incredibly hard - if they believed that, they'd probably already have put something in place.
- marcosdumay 10y agoFinding a new job will very likely not help either.
- wnevets 10y agoIn theory moving to a new job is an effective way of increasing salary.
- marcosdumay 10y agoIncreasing, yes. But it won't get you into manager salary territory.