At every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it.

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• Managers who are not deep in IC work should worry, because there will not be much middle management; managers will build just like ICs. GTGeoff Teehan23 Sept 2026
• In the best working relationships the manager is a guide, not a judge deciding whether you deserve a promotion or a firing. JZJulie Zhuo21 Sept 2025
• As people become more senior in an organization, it demands more of their time and attention, leaving less room for individual contributor work. BCBoris Cherny10 Dec 2023
• People with little experience at a task often welcome a degree of close oversight, provided it is given thoughtfully. BKBen Kuhn23 Apr 2023
• Making management the only path to career progression is a mistake that costs a company the senior engineers it needs. CMCharity Majors11 May 2017

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