When I think of the SWE career ladder from IC to management, this Mitch Hedberg quote comes to mind: "When you're in Hollywood and you're a comedian, everybody

When I think of the SWE career ladder from IC to management, this Mitch Hedberg quote comes to mind: "When you're in Hollywood and you're a comedian, everybody wants you to do other things. All right, you're a stand-up comedian, can you write us a script? That's not fair. That's like if I worked hard to become a cook, and I'm a really good cook, they'd say, 'OK, you're a cook. Can you farm?'"