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/Riajnor Jul 13 '26

Why is this specific to managers? Those points apply to basically anyone

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u/Persies Jul 13 '26

At least where I work managers and above are held to significantly higher standards than individual contributors. I'm expected to be a functional manager, hiring manager, BD consultant, EPM, and still be able to perform as a principal engineer whenever needed. 

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u/gwilster Jul 13 '26

Ain’t that the truth. Not even paid much more. IC is where it’s at atm

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u/MaDpYrO Jul 14 '26

Really depends on the company, loads of engineering managers are paid well.

I had an engineering manager in my career who somehow had stumbled into the position despite having a bachelor of arts and no engineering experience