Individual Contributor, i.e. most of the value you are creating for the company depends on your individual work, by opposition to a manager, which rely on a team.
You're not wrong. I admit, it's a term from the euphemistic cogs-in-the-machine language of management. But I've found no way to entirely avoid adapting to "their" culture.
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>Taking "is good at IC duties" as the measure for "should lead a team of ICs" is sloppy.
What's an "IC"?
Individual Contributor, i.e. most of the value you are creating for the company depends on your individual work, by opposition to a manager, which rely on a team.
Individual contributor
>Individual contributor
Thanks. First I've heard that one.
I just have a hard time with this term. It feels.. disconnected... I don't know.
It reminds me of George Carlin's bit on "Shell Shock"/"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEQixrBKCc
You're not wrong. I admit, it's a term from the euphemistic cogs-in-the-machine language of management. But I've found no way to entirely avoid adapting to "their" culture.