This was my thought.
Moving to management is not a promotion, it's a lateral career change. The two require vastly different skill sets.
Likewise, moving from management to coding isn't a demotion, either.
110% agree... now to make that a reality...
Viewing management vs individual contributor as parallel tracks (vs promotion/demotion) is fundamentally a cultural thing.
In other words, you can make it a reality by treating it as a reality. :)
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This was my thought.
Moving to management is not a promotion, it's a lateral career change. The two require vastly different skill sets.
Likewise, moving from management to coding isn't a demotion, either.
110% agree... now to make that a reality...
Viewing management vs individual contributor as parallel tracks (vs promotion/demotion) is fundamentally a cultural thing.
In other words, you can make it a reality by treating it as a reality. :)