(I am having only one year of experience and I am learning) I am asking this question to understand how did those people reach where they are. I agree that there are many ways and every way is **hard**, I am looking at **most common ways** I see that many dev managers/senior dev managers are taking a lot of time (around more than 7 years) to become a director. Is becoming a Product Manager/Program Manager one of the common ways? Is MBA useful? #amazon #google #apple #microsoft SDE TC: 160K YOE: 1
It's probably easier being an engineering director vs PM director because there are many more engineers vs One. Senior IC > EM > Director
IC path is the hardest path but the best path. Dev -> Sr Dev -> principal engineer -> Sr Principal -> Distinguished Engineer Not for pussiez though. Ladies welcome.
Why stop at VP? Why not C level executives? Aim higher! Build your own company and be your own boss, that's the hardest, quickest and most rewarding way. Even if you fail, you learn a lot.
Thank you everyone for sharing your views 😊
Engineering is an easier track, because there are typically more engineers and engineering management than PMs and PM management.
Kissing ass. Making using less charts. Being Indian.
Schmoozing and politics. Build your network, make sure every position you get into, you have a sponsor that both likes you and helps you grow and has credibility to push you forward. Then figure out their interests and how you can make their interests a reality.
Best advice. Leave whatever you’re doing if your manager doesn’t fuck with u