[raw_anon_1111]

True, but how many skip managers are going to go scouting in a large tech company for a great developer who is working on the internal performance review system?

The skip manager has a lot to do with promotions in my experience.

[johnnyanmac]

Yeah I agree. For sports, that player may end up being a spark for a billion dollar campaign. For a dev, not so much. They want to try and commoditize that role anyway.