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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by lelanthran on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:08PM (#34700492)
> It has been in common use for at least 15, if not 20 years.

I've been in the industry since 1998. The first time I saw it was on HN a few years ago (maybe 3 or 4).

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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by operatingthetan on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @08:34PM (#34702902)
I just searched HN and found references 12 years ago.
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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by lelanthran on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:04AM (#34705423)
> I just searched HN and found references 12 years ago.

Hah!

I would just love to see that thread - may it is also filled with "What's an IC?" :-)

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