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> I have long encouraged engineers reporting to me to view the transition to Staff Engineer as not a promotion but a role change similar to the change of transi
by Exoristos 2y ago
> I have long encouraged engineers reporting to me to view the transition to Staff Engineer as not a promotion but a role change similar to the change of transitioning into being an engineering manager.
Does this imply that becoming a manager is also "not a promotion" in your organization?
- CSMastermind 2y agoYes - becoming a manager is a role change; strictly not a promotion.
- BhavdeepSethi 2y agoAt a lot of places, sr. engineer and early engineering manager are same pay band, making it a parallel move rather than a "promotion".
- xp84 2y agoAt the risk of being obtuse, depends on what your definition of “promotion” is… I’d classify the dimensions as: - Compensation - obvious one. May vary by org - Authority - are you officially allowed to give orders? Hire and fire? - Respect and influence- in your org, do people specifically want EMs to be active in areas ICs are not, like strategy, etc. varies widely. - Alignment with personal Career goals - some people hate management-type duties - so for them, this EM title change would be “not a promotion” to them I’d say EM is a promotion in some of those ways and it varies a lot by org for sure.