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Re:Choosing the Management Track by mlboss on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:29PM (#24924869)
Management is a different job but a job with more power, authority and information. Managers will decide the compensation of ICs not the other way around. They will be the first to know of major decisions that company is taking.

As you grow experienced as an IC you want to say in the product roadmap. Usually that only happens at the management level.

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Re:Choosing the Management Track by user5994461 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:59AM (#24929555)
Compensation is usually decided by HR, based on some pay bands in the company. The best you might be able to do as a manager is to try to nudge the candidate a bit to the higher end of the narrow band.
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Re:Choosing the Management Track by tonyedgecombe on Thursday October 29, 2020 @10:23AM (#24930729)
Actually I think most middle management has very little power or authority. Try firing a customer and see how far you get with that if you aren't running the company.
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