How to reward skilled coders with something other than people management

Re:How to reward skilled coders with something other than pe... by jshen on Monday November 24, 2014 @11:31AM (#8653115)

It sounds to me like the value is coming more from management than the programmer. After all, you admit that few people have the skill to deliver that value and the programmer can't deliver it themselves.

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Re:How to reward skilled coders with something other than pe... by michaelochurch on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @09:08AM (#8662314)

I would argue that many programmers can deliver that value directly. However, most corporate management filters get in the way.

The percentage of managers in technology/software who add more than they take away is small: maybe 5 percent. Another 15 percent or so are essentially neutral, and the other 80 percent do more damage than they add.

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Re:How to reward skilled coders with something other than pe... by jshen on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @08:59PM (#8665642)

Have you ever managed for than a few people?

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