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On the contrary, my manager doesn't do much outside of the perf evaluation season, and takes home a higher salary than me. He also gets to take credit for pretty much everything that his team does, despite not contributing to it much. Sounds like a fairly easy job most of the time.
Engineering Manager can be a social role with some tech aspects. You attend meetings, negotiate deadlines, evaluate people, navigate project minefields, take decisions or force people to take them,... and the technical aspects are quite minimised. Depending on the company this is not an upgrade, it's a lateral move. I have people under me who earn more than me, and I agree with that. The job it's not easy, it's diffe…
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