Comment by g051051
2 years ago
Engineer to manager isn't "growth", it's a complete career shift. Fine if you want it, torture if you don't.
"Dear Engineer, you are so good at your job we've decided to have you stop doing it and do a different job with an almost completely disjoint skill set. You get to do something that you will most likely hate and be bad at. Plus you can never go back to your old life."
Sounds a lot like the Peter principle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle
I mean, you can definitely go back, there's just friction to doing so and it won't happen unless you are intentional about it. Might be more accurate to say you can go back, but it will never be the same now that you've had the veil pulled back on how things are being coordinated behind the scenes.