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by yardie 1051 days ago
Was nearly fired once for telling the truth. Made me realize I'm not sociopathic enough to laud power over people nor do I kiss enough ass to be coddled by higher ups. I'm quite happy with my IC/senior role.

I am running into the situation where pay bands are tied into titles. Once you reach the upper end of your pay band you have to gain a new title. So you'll be pushed into management track or pushed out the company. I'm pretty sure I'm headed for the latter.

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> I'm pretty sure I'm headed for the latter.

and what is your playbook for this given job market is not good.

Work on my MVP and travel to extend burn rate. My employer will be myself.

Another reason I don’t want to be in management. Email and Slack ruin your life.