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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by haliskerbas on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:04PM (#35359192)
High level IC at big tech can get you around that neighborhood
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by bkjelden on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:39PM (#35359727)
Emphasis on "high level".

An org of a few hundred people at a big tech company many only have a couple of Individual Contributors making this much money.

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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by fellellor on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:34PM (#35359655)
For the guy that asked, IC means integrated circuit. No fucking way they would give that money to a meatsack.
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by bagels on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:43PM (#35359789)
In this context it means "individual contribtor", and yes, some people are making that much money at Facebook, Google, Amazon and others.
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by leafmeal on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:30PM (#35359585)
What does IC mean? Doesn't seem to be very googleable
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by fellellor on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:35PM (#35359669)
IC means integrated circuit.
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by drewcoo on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:35PM (#35360505)
Ichabod Crane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichabod_Crane

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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by pinkorchid on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:33PM (#35359639)
An individual contributor, as opposed to a manager.
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by penteract on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:33PM (#35359632)
IC=Individual contributor (to answer sibling)
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by slowhand09 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:34PM (#35359657)
IC being internal consultant?
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by phlipski on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:15PM (#35360217)
At semiconductor companies we have plenty of IC's doing IC design. The initialism has multiple definitions.
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