Comment by roland35

I don't think what you described is a promotion? M1 = IC6, M2 = IC7, etc as you said. As far as the number of directors and VPs, sure there are probably more but I would describe that more as "it is easier to get promoted as a manager than as an individual contributer past IC6"

However... This is starting to change. We now have engineers reporting to higher levels, so basically each manager has an equivalent IC reporting directly to them. In theory this means the numbers are more equivalent.