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What are individual contributors in English? I took it to mean they were becoming contractors?
by benj111 4y ago
What are individual contributors in English? I took it to mean they were becoming contractors?
- yamtaddle 4y agoAnyone non-tech I know would just call it "labor", as opposed to management. The people who mostly do the things that make the stuff, rather than mostly telling others to do the things to make the stuff. Again, people'd just say "labor" in other contexts. Or maybe "workers". I'm not sure where "IC" came from but I've never seen it outside of tech, and that, mostly online.
- Nevermark 4y agoI think “labor” is associated with repetitive or at least well characterized jobs In tech, any two given workers are much less likely to be doing the same thing. So they are clearly not just laboring but contributing at some creative and self-management level as well
- tick_tock_tick 4y agoIndividual contributors is just a fancy name for a software engineer without direct reports. Aka you'd stop being a manager and just write code (for the most part).
- Falell 4y agoNon-managers, they aren't responsible for anyone but themselves. I know nothing of Meta's specific titles but I'd expect that e.g. the first level of full time engineering manager would convert to a full time senior or staff engineer.