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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by nomy99 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @10:41AM (#26491914)
Though I thoroughly enjoyed reading this dark path, in reality the bar is set so high in top companies that an engineering manager is usually an architect/senior engineer/and a people manager.

So most don't make it, and those who do have a tremendous career that's fulfilling and financially rewarding.

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Re:Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers by revel on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:06PM (#26493073)
This is a great observation. At Amazon it's quite possible to become an L5 manager after being an SDE II for a while, but most of the people who do find it very challenging. They don't have the organizational clout to get things done because nobody respects a manager at that level and because more senior technical folks will steamroll over your technical opinion. To be a successful EM there you pretty much have to have made it to SDE III before switching over.
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