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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by __turbobrew__ on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @08:38PM (#34702942)
Ken Thompson made more than his manager at Bell Labs.
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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by chiefalchemist on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @09:22PM (#34703284)
Bell Labs is a special case (afaik). My father worked for Western Electric (and I actually did a couple summer internships there). In any case, BL / WE had a special rank and pay structure. They understood they had talent that was more valuable not as management.

I don't remember the details but do remember there being certain "heavy weights" that didn't have anyone under them.

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