Comment by SkyPuncher
8 hours ago
I've jumped back and forth between IC and Management. The roles are measured on completely different things. Most of IC is about through put. Most of management is about building/doing the right thing (aka making money).
Sometimes, it can look like management is doing very little because you only see the tail end of their outputs to the team.
He doesn't get much say about what thing gets done. He's just kind of there.
The question to ask of course is do you see how your manager interacts with their management?
Do the things that get done stay consistent, or are your priorities constantly changing? Do you and your team control your priorities or are they out of your control?
I think it's very difficult to see what managers are even doing (I'm not one, I'm a senior IC) until you have a particular level of visibility or exposure to planning and prioritization. But once I started to see that and see why it was hard as I began to interact with it myself, it becomes much clearer.