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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by superfrank on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:50PM (#34701752)
I've been hearing it for about 5-7 years now, usually in the context of career paths. I think it became popular when companies realized that non all developers are made for management and you need a separate career track for people who want to advance, but don't want to be a manager.

Principal engineer, architect, etc all fall into the IC career path, while, manager, director, VP of eng, etc all fall into the management track.

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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by zabzonk on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:56PM (#34701803)
principal eng, architect et al must rely on managing devs for any meaningful project.
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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by superfrank on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:33PM (#34702187)
It's more project management than people management. You likely have to lead projects and maybe a team, but you're usually not responsible for anyone's career growth (other than your own).
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