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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by q-big on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:15AM (#25668953)
> That means you have bad middle/upper management. Large tech companies have heard of the Peter Principle and don't promote this way; they have separate technical tracks.

Relevant: https://www.spakhm.com/p/parallel-tracks

"Why did all major software companies settle on parallel career tracks? To keep engineering managers from developing loyalty to engineers."

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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by 121789 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:04PM (#25677450)
That doesn't really jive with my personal experience, which is that contributors really don't want the only path to career progress to be a transition to management. I saw this happen firsthand at a consulting company--the technical side was pushing for the split, not the current level of management.
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