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There’s a Freakonomics podcast about this topic that’s worth a listen. It helped me work through what it felt like to be in this position. I’d class myself as
by mattgreenrocks 3y ago
There’s a Freakonomics podcast about this topic that’s worth a listen.
It helped me work through what it felt like to be in this position. I’d class myself as a reluctant staff eng at this point who has no wish to progress further at this time.
Most interesting part of the podcast is how it talks about how companies know this happens but let it happen anyways because it’s the least of all evils on their eyes.
One suggestion to beat it is wild: random promotions. As I’ve gotten older and seen how titles/pay are tied closely to experience and age I’ve started to see that maybe it isn’t the worst idea. It does, however, absolutely murder the method of meritocracy.
- Willish42 3y agohttps://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-are-there-so-many-bad-bosses/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-are-there-so-many-bad-b... link for the lazy
- random99292 3y agoI just listened to the episode and I am not sure I buy their premise why bad managers exists. There are many reason why someone get promoted into a managerial position, but saying it's because they were good at their current job seems simplistic and a broad generalization. I am also skeptical of their claim about sales numbers and how effective their managerial skills are. Correlation is not causation, and averages is a horrible way to judge if a person will be a good manager.
- mattgreenrocks 3y ago> I am also skeptical of their claim about sales numbers and how effective their managerial skills are. That's exactly the issue: there's no causal link. They could be good at both; indeed, this is what the org is banking on. But it's just as likely you're good at sales and not as good at management.
- random99292 3y agoI probably misunderstood it, but what I heard it as you can be a good manager even if you don't have knowledge on what you are managing.
- datascienced 3y agoI would hate random promotions. They might then actually promote me. Increasing salary is a different matter; please do that!