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by Ancalagon 516 days ago
counter counter point: Meta, Amazon, and other tech co's have considerably flattened their orgs in recent years
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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.

Those are clearly the exceptions.