Ask HN: What After Software Development Manager Role?

Re:Ask HN: What After Software Development Manager Role? by jerkstate on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @08:46PM (#21393617)

I went back to IC at a bigger company, make more money, and spend a lot more time with my family. The perspective from being a manager helps me understand how to work with my management. I have turned down a couple of manager roles in my current company since then.

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Re:Ask HN: What After Software Development Manager Role? by q-base on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @05:14AM (#21395791)

Yeah I am not sure of the advantages of going the manager-path either. Unless perhaps you break above a certain threshold after some years. Because at a lot of managerial roles you get to work a hell of a lot more, without much more compensation and perhaps even less. So it seems like a tough sell unless you are really more interested in the managerial work.

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Re:Ask HN: What After Software Development Manager Role? by UK-Al05 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:53PM (#21410870)

I would imagine the advantages of manager roles are highly context dependent.

Being a manager when everything works well is great. When everythings falling apart, awful.

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Re:Ask HN: What After Software Development Manager Role? by UK-Al05 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:53PM (#21410868)

I would imagine the advantages of manager roles are highly context depedent.

Being a manager when everything works well is great.

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Re:Ask HN: What After Software Development Manager Role? by panjaro on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @08:55PM (#21393660)

Sorry for stupid question but What's IC?

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Re:Ask HN: What After Software Development Manager Role? by kevinherron on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @08:59PM (#21393677)

Individual Contributor

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