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Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by marcinzm on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:40PM (#22059010)
>There's hundreds of other engineers that can probably do as good of a job or better than him.

Says only someone who hasn't seen what happens when the average IC is forced into management.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by lucb1e on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:14PM (#22059362)
IC? (Merriam-webster doesn't come up with anything useful and I only know it as integrated circuit or intercity train)
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Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by dboreham on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:32PM (#22059539)
Individual Contributor. US businesses-speak for "not a manager".
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Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by insulanus on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:38PM (#22059595)
It's corporate-speak: Individual Contributor (aka not management).
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Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by SeanBoocock on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:34PM (#22059560)
Individual Contributor
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Re:Mozilla lays off 70 by aaomidi on Thursday January 16, 2020 @05:42PM (#22069812)
Won't know until we try =)
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