Technical skills in isolation have no business impact. There's a reason that the higher up you go, the more business-y it gets even as an IC. > Furthermore, te

Technical skills in isolation have no business impact. There's a reason that the higher up you go, the more business-y it gets even as an IC. > Furthermore, technical ability is something that the employee has some control over: whereas impact to the business has more external factor Rewarding someone for their skills in isolation makes no sense. The outcome is what matters.