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		gerdesj 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: At Amazon, some coders say their jobs have begun t... "usually it is seen as a failure to grow up on their career." What does that mean?

tsimionescu 3 months ago | [–]

It means that the company is more likely to fire that person on the logic that they "failed" to be promoted to management, that they're "treading water" as a developer.

wiseowise 3 months ago | [–]

Manager is seen as next step in engineers career instead of side track.

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