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When does IC (individual contributor) go from "how efficient/effective can you make the other ICs on the team?"

I've seen ICs who say "my purpose isn't to code, it's to increase the efficiency of the other ICs on the team who do code, which makes me a 10x engineer, despite not coding, because I increase each team member's individual productivity which is collectively more than I could output individually myself"




Companies I've been in would call that out as technical leadership track, typically architect and above, but sometimes principal.




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