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by jiofih 2337 days ago
Individual Contributor. Manager euphemism for a cog in the machine.
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MockObject 2336 days ago
What is the alternative to being an Individual Contributor? An...individual non-contributor? Or a non-individual contributor?
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jiofih 2335 days ago
Management and leadership roles.
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MockObject 2335 days ago
And they aren't said to contribute? Odd terminology.
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baroomba 2337 days ago
SV-speak for labor, really, as in "the interests of capital/management and labor are, at times, opposed".
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redis_mlc 2337 days ago
I think it was originally a Microsoft acronym.

But, yeah, IC = prole.

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dasKrokodil 2336 days ago
Never heard this before, reminds me of Idiocracy's 'Particular Individuals'
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