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> That means you have bad middle/upper management. Large tech companies have heard of the Peter Principle and don't promote this way; they have separate technic
by q-big 6y ago
> That means you have bad middle/upper management. Large tech companies have heard of the Peter Principle and don't promote this way; they have separate technical tracks.
Relevant: https://www.spakhm.com/p/parallel-tracks https://www.spakhm.com/p/parallel-tracks
"Why did all major software companies settle on parallel career tracks? To keep engineering managers from developing loyalty to engineers."
- 121789 6y agoThat doesn't really jive with my personal experience, which is that contributors really don't want the only path to career progress to be a transition to management. I saw this happen firsthand at a consulting company--the technical side was pushing for the split, not the current level of management.