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Re:Weak Soft Skills: Why you are stuck at the Senior enginee... by lotsofpulp on Monday August 05, 2024 @12:19PM (#41162718)
> If I had a family to provide for, I think it would be a much easier decision to take the money.

On the contrary, I find that the first or second line of managers above ICs is almost always insufficiently compensated to offset the extra hours/stress/bullshit.

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Re:Weak Soft Skills: Why you are stuck at the Senior enginee... by sokoloff on Monday August 05, 2024 @12:23PM (#41162769)
On the other hand, early in my career as an IC, I was already working as many hours as I possibly could (out of interest/passion and driven by myself rather than a boss or PM). As I transitioned into management, there weren't any more hours possible (though I was already well over 40/week).

Fully agree on the incremental amount of excess bullshit, though. :)

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