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Their wordsFuck the whole idea that only managers get career progression.
Their wordsThe best frontline eng managers in the world are the ones that are never more than 2-3 years removed from hands-on work, full time down in the trenches. The best individual contributors are the ones who have done time in management.
Their wordsYou can only really improve at one of these things at a time: engineering or management.
Their wordsManagement is highly interruptive, and great engineering — where you’re learning things — requires blocking out interruptions. You can’t do these two opposite things at once.