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Re:How to reward skilled coders with something other than pe... by sliverstorm on Saturday November 22, 2014 @12:40AM (#8644868)
But what if you are worth more, managing a group of engineers?

Sure, it is a bit of a new skill, but the ace engineer who can guide a team with his engineering wisdom is way more valuable than the engineer who just works by himself.

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Re:How to reward skilled coders with something other than pe... by sheepmullet on Saturday November 22, 2014 @12:59AM (#8644897)
That's a false dichotomy.

You can guide a team while "just" being a member of the team. Leadership and management are not the same skill.

I guess what you are saying sort of makes sense in teams with a high ratio of junior:senior engineers. But I'd question whether that is a good way to structure a team if you are working on complex tasks.

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