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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by benjiweber on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @03:58PM (#34699517)
Individual Contributor is problematic in that it implies that contributions are primarily made by individuals rather than team efforts. It also implies that manager roles are not contributing which is also often not the case.

It's quite individualistic. Much like "talent" which is the latest attempt to imply people are resources without using the word resources.

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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by logicalmonster on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:18PM (#34700605)
> it implies that contributions are primarily made by individuals rather than team efforts

> It's quite individualistic.

A team always exists, but humans are not exactly the Borg.

I think it's ok to recognize that individuals with differences exist.

Feel free to dislike the term individual contributor if you want to though. That's your right as an individual contributor to HackerNews.

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