[Ancalagon]

counter counter point: Meta, Amazon, and other tech co's have considerably flattened their orgs in recent years

[tgma]

Well, no one bats an eye if a manager chooses to become an IC (of course they have to know their shit, many of whom don't, and always bluff "I wish I was an IC"), but from IC to manager is not an automatic option.

Being a manager is "not a promotion" promotion.

[betaby]

Those are clearly the exceptions.