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This might help people sleep at night, but it's incorrect. Managers have more pay, more direct reports and more responsibility. It's the definition of a promoti
by Thissitesucks00 3y ago
This might help people sleep at night, but it's incorrect. Managers have more pay, more direct reports and more responsibility. It's the definition of a promotion.
- jsjsof 3y agoJust saw your comment after I added mine. There is too much gaslighting about management and what the role is.
- bluGill 3y agoThere are upper technical people who don't have direct reports, but have more pay and responsibility. However there are a lot more in management than those positions in most companies.
- sojournerc 3y agoAt a seed-stage startup I was paid more than the CEO, and technical founder. High-value IC's absolutely can be paid more. I had plenty of responsibility, but it was in the systems not people.
- fnfjfk 3y agoI am an IC and I outlevel my manager and probably make more than my skip who is at the same level (I have some significant extra performance bonus equity grants), so no. Obviously managers have more direct reports, the definition of an IC is that they have zero direct reports, besides maybe a temporary intern. At any competent tech company, moving to management results in no immediate change to compensation. It is a transition, not a promotion.
- aprdm 3y agoNot true in tech companies , eng usually has an equivalent career ladder up to VP level with same pay bands