Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by muzani 2041 days ago
I'm not sure why it pays less. It's a "demotion", but between a skilled middle manager and skilled developer, the skilled developer is more valuable. I actually got a slight pay rise going from mid manager in a big company to developer in a startup, albeit I had to give up the free parking, nice dinners, and free coffee/boba.
2 comments

> between a skilled middle manager and skilled developer, the skilled developer is more valuable

I disagree. While the skilled developer might add to the teams output, a skilled manager will multiply the output (by 1.x) of the whole team.

Meh, you need both skilled developers and skilled managers.