Charity Majors • 9/6/2020

If Management Isn’t A Promotion, Then Engineering Isn’t A Demotion

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This article critiques the ingrained cultural belief that moving into management is a promotion and returning to engineering is a demotion. It argues that management is often seen as overhead, and technical companies should instead celebrate and reward hands-on engineering work as the primary path to career growth and recognition.

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