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Just an annecdote, but in my last team we were all Staff SWE except one Senior. He was clearly performing at Staff level and our manager wanted to promote him

Just an annecdote, but in my last team we were all Staff SWE except one Senior. He was clearly performing at Staff level and our manager wanted to promote him (not for manager stats, but for the IC). He (IC5) clearly was not interested. He was happy with the pay and did not want all the other BS/Responsibilities that comes with Staff.

jrs235 3y ago
Sadly higher ups see this as lacking ambition/motivation rather than someone knowing what they want.
- giantg2 3y ago
  Exactly. My company has official trainings for managers that explicitly states that ambition is one of the 3 main talent identifiers for the company.