First, I love Always Sunny, so this is amazing. Second, could I get some perspectives on this:
> While senior engineers are individual contributors; the best engineers’ best work is rarely code.
Aside from technical non-code tasks, like diagrams, knowledge sharing, etc., presumably code is the reason an engineer is hired. I understand there are leadership responsibilities as you get more experience within an organization, however it seems common for organizations to push engineers towards more and more admin and business related tasks as they gain seniority. Is this common across all or most industries? I'm wondering what is the underlying incentive for companies to do this, is it the perception that younger people should do most of the contributions?
I studied computer science because I love coding and not even a decade into my career it feels I'm supposed to do something completely different I didn't train for and personally I strongly dislike. I kept moving towards more and more technical companies, but it seems there is no escape from this in the software industry.
> While senior engineers are individual contributors; the best engineers’ best work is rarely code.
Aside from technical non-code tasks, like diagrams, knowledge sharing, etc., presumably code is the reason an engineer is hired. I understand there are leadership responsibilities as you get more experience within an organization, however it seems common for organizations to push engineers towards more and more admin and business related tasks as they gain seniority. Is this common across all or most industries? I'm wondering what is the underlying incentive for companies to do this, is it the perception that younger people should do most of the contributions?
I studied computer science because I love coding and not even a decade into my career it feels I'm supposed to do something completely different I didn't train for and personally I strongly dislike. I kept moving towards more and more technical companies, but it seems there is no escape from this in the software industry.