> I can't work for someone who doesn't understand what I do.
Then you will never work for any human being. None of them will know what you do as well as you, unless they're doing it with you, and if that's the case, they're not really someone you work for.
Bosses become bosses because they want to stop doing the work. They want more money, and more respect, and they want to make decisions without needing to clean up their bad decisions. Bosses become bosses because they don't want to do what they've been doing.
There is no such thing as an engineer who does real work who is paid as much as a manager. They just don't exist in any company I have ever worked for. All managers of any pay grade automatically make more than any engineer of any pay grade, which creates a ceiling for engineers. Bosses become bosses because people are penalized for remaining engineers.
Management simply does not care about the experience and knowledge gained by engineers, and they value it less than a manager who is fresh out of college and who has zero experience with anything.
No, bosses should not code; they chose their path. Fuck 'em.
Then you will never work for any human being. None of them will know what you do as well as you, unless they're doing it with you, and if that's the case, they're not really someone you work for.
Bosses become bosses because they want to stop doing the work. They want more money, and more respect, and they want to make decisions without needing to clean up their bad decisions. Bosses become bosses because they don't want to do what they've been doing.
There is no such thing as an engineer who does real work who is paid as much as a manager. They just don't exist in any company I have ever worked for. All managers of any pay grade automatically make more than any engineer of any pay grade, which creates a ceiling for engineers. Bosses become bosses because people are penalized for remaining engineers.
Management simply does not care about the experience and knowledge gained by engineers, and they value it less than a manager who is fresh out of college and who has zero experience with anything.
No, bosses should not code; they chose their path. Fuck 'em.