Comment by danrocks
5 years ago
I’m a manager of managers at my current big tech employer and here we are still required to be quite technical. I’d think that a startup 1/25 the size would benefit from this approach, hence my surprise. I don’t know how to do pivot tables though.
Maybe a hot take: if you have a Manager-of-Managers role, you aren’t a startup any more.
There are startups with over 50 engineers you know ;) At sr manager role you are for sure not technical though even if you did get asked coding/design questions in interview loops (there are exceptions)
At what point does an organization stop being a "startup" and become a "private company"?
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I disagree. If you have 50 people, you’re just a business
A company with over 50 engineers that wants to be seen as a startup is a red flag for me. I usually stop reading their job postings as soon as I can detect this.
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You'd need more like 300+ to have a manager-of-managers who isn't a director or VPE.