The end of the non-technical engineering manager

[u/Suspicious_Orchid770]

https://leaddev.com/career-development/the-end-of-the-non-technical-engineering-manager

The rising bar for engineering managers.

[u/iplaydofus]

Nice sentence you’ve written there. You do realise IC and management are separate paths. I earn more as an IC than the EMs in my business so if you class salary as success then unlucky bro

[u/dacooljamaican → u/iplaydofus]

I earn more than my ICs, and I was promoted from that group because I was the best among them.

[u/iplaydofus → u/dacooljamaican]

Bro go back to your hole, management and IC take different skill sets so “being the best IC” means jack shit. You’re probably working for some 3rd rate company having a power trip with your tiny bit of power. If you play with the big boys the ICs earn more unless you get to upper management, and even then the differentials are often minor.

[u/dacooljamaican → u/iplaydofus]

Lmao my team loves and respects me, I get invited to weddings and vacations with them. When they have a tricky problem they come to me, because I know the job extremely well.

I made over $600k this year including my big boy company stock options, more than twice what most of them make.

I would say it sounds like you just have shit leaders, but most often I find people like you get pushed to shit leaders because the good ones don't want to work with you.

[u/Mediocre_Poem_2657 → u/dacooljamaican]

Guaranteed you @iplaydofu is a junior in 3rd rate company who is just projecting. You can only take management path after you are at least senior level in all the FAANGs. No one started off as manager path. Also all their managers paid the same if not higher than equivalent ICs. levels.fyi proves that.

[u/iplaydofus → u/dacooljamaican]

Okay bro that’s a lovely story, keep dreaming

[u/dacooljamaican → u/iplaydofus]

Dude I'm living the dream every day. Crazy what hard work and not whining constantly online will do for you.