Where I worked, there were a few senjor devs who got the biggest pay-checks.
Funny thing is, they weren't the most influencial people, they just got a problem and solved it.
If the times were though, they sometimes even were "set free" because they company could operate without them, just don't do much new stuff anymore.
Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers
by anotherdatem on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @07:50PM
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They don't have any formal way of knowing my salary, and I don't know what they think I make.
I'd share the details of the managerial bands if they were considering a switch, but to date they've been very clear that they're happy staying technical.
Is there any meaningful sense in which a tech-tracker has more official or unofficial access to information?
Sorry, it's late here and my brain is just unable to parse your sentence. Are you asking if it matters if the information is gained officially or unofficially?
I'm asking if managerial information is a strict superset of engineer information. Control of admin passwords to software seems useless or illegal w.r.t. the concept of information here.
Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers
by adaml_623 on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @08:27AM
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That's a really good question
Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers
by sarwechshar on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @02:28PM
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Plot twist: the engineer is the CTO.
Oftentimes, I've found that management operates from a position of informational advantage, while a person on a parallel technical track at the same level has access to a lot less information. Hence the question.