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Re:Makers, Don't Let Yourself Be Forced into the 'Manager Sc... by gpvos on Monday November 11, 2019 @04:06PM (#21508903)
IC = ?

edit: IC = individual contributor (just found that answered somewhat deeper in another subthread)

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Re:Makers, Don't Let Yourself Be Forced into the 'Manager Sc... by munchbunny on Monday November 11, 2019 @04:11PM (#21508947)
“Individual Contributor”, as opposed to “Manager”.

The term is often used in reference to the engineer career track where you don’t become a manager but instead focus on technical leadership, but more generally it refers to being a leaf on the org tree.

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Re:Makers, Don't Let Yourself Be Forced into the 'Manager Sc... by Namrog84 on Monday November 11, 2019 @04:11PM (#21508953)
Individual contributor.

In contrast to a lead, manager, or pm.

The IC is usually the person who actually writes software/code. (The bulk of employees at a software company are ICs)

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Re:Makers, Don't Let Yourself Be Forced into the 'Manager Sc... by HiFaraz on Monday November 11, 2019 @08:38PM (#21510749)
PM is typically an IC too unless they are directly managing others.
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