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Re:Working from home is powering productivity by bromuro on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:48AM (#41817601)
What is an “IC work” and what does it mean “being an IC”? Can’t get the acronym.
Re:Working from home is powering productivity by MattPalmer1086 on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:56AM (#41817644)
Individual Contributer.
Re:Working from home is powering productivity by newswasboring on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:54AM (#41817637)
It is my understanding that IC is individual contributor. So basically devs who are making their own parts of the code.
Re:Working from home is powering productivity by strken on Saturday October 12, 2024 @08:05AM (#41818501)
IC is usually meant in contrast to manager, meaning ICs are the engineers without anyone reporting to them.

The difference between "not a manager" and "working on their own part of the code" is important when you're talking about positions with a lot of seniority like staff or principal engineers, because those ICs are still expected to work on massive projects involving a lot of cat-herding and leadership that touch large chunks of a company's code, they just aren't doing it as the manager of a team.

Re:Working from home is powering productivity by newswasboring on Saturday October 12, 2024 @01:35PM (#41820878)
Yup, you said it better than me.