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I keep seeing this IC term here but never saw it before, is that “Independent Consultant”?

• webloem 6y ago
  Individual Contributor
• deleted 6y ago
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• ska 6y ago
  It means "individual contributor" , and implies you don't have any reports. As opposed to "tech lead" or "player-coach" (currently in vogue) which implies you are supposed to be effective as a technical contribute but also have a formal manager relationship with at least one person. Let a lone a classic manager who doesn't do much or any direct contribution technically. There is some confounding in this thread of manager-of-people roles and manager-of-things roles, which also causes confusion.
• shoo 6y ago
  less seriously: indentured chattel, information curdler, integration cobbler, indigent craftsperson, imaginative collaborator, introverted creative, incredulous cynic, inventive clerk.