Ask HN: What Have You Learned at Google as a Software Engineer?

Re:Ask HN: What Have You Learned at Google as a Software Eng... by ithkuil on Sunday September 08, 2019 @01:58PM (#20912132)

Which sucks. Having a technical ladder is important to retain talent and ensure that you maximize the skills your talent pool has.

Pure engineering skills (even the thought leadership aspect of it) doesn't directly translate in management skills and often people get "rewarded" by promoting them to a position where they can no longer use the very skills they have been promoted for.

Related concept / good read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

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Re:Ask HN: What Have You Learned at Google as a Software Eng... by joshuamorton on Sunday September 08, 2019 @02:30PM (#20912382)

The engineering ladder doesn't ever become a management ladder. You can transfer, but you don't have to.

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Re:Ask HN: What Have You Learned at Google as a Software Eng... by ithkuil on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:36PM (#20912852)

I was referring to those companies where the only opportunity to e.g. make more money was to go to management.

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