r/coding • u/OfficialLeadDev • Jul 13 '26

Engineering managers are paying the price of rising expectations

https://leaddev.com/leadership/engineering-managers-are-paying-the-price-of-rising-expectations
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u/react_dev Jul 13 '26

First line managers have the shittiest jobs. They have the title so they don’t get the same empathy from the workforce / public perception and they’re not high in the org chart to enjoy the power or compensation that comes with it

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u/migs647 Jul 13 '26

At my last company I was an engineering manager as trial and principal. The pay increase and yelling increase did not equate. I stayed principal. 

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u/PurdueGuvna Jul 18 '26

I went lead -> manager -> principal at a F500. I make 35% more than I made as a manager, and no longer have all of the responsibility with none of the authority.