[gpvos]

Just have the possibility for pay increase without taking on management responsibilities.

[fc417fc802]

Once engineering starts out earning them by a wide enough margin management will become insecure. /s

I actually am curious why this isn't a more commonplace practice. Why would we build systems that keep accumulating managers at the expense of skilled senior engineers?

[vachina]

Because managers promote managers and managers have vested interest in themselves.