This definitely makes me more confident in my “manage code, not people” philosophy in my career. I live for the technical problem solving, and I’d take work satisfaction over X% wage increase any day.
It was one of the main driving forces that pushed me out of the military. They expected you to keep ranking up, and once you hit E5 or so the amount of non-management roles dried up. I saw what the remaining higher up programmers did all day and didn’t want any part of it.
It was one of the main driving forces that pushed me out of the military. They expected you to keep ranking up, and once you hit E5 or so the amount of non-management roles dried up. I saw what the remaining higher up programmers did all day and didn’t want any part of it.