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What HN thinks

A room full of engineers who were promoted once and have opinions about it.

Management is a different job
Many argue the real problem is that engineering and management need different skills, yet hierarchy and pay push good engineers into management; separate IC and management tracks are proposed.
Peter Principle is too simplistic
Several say competence isn't one-dimensional, people learn and grow, and promotion depends more on politics than ability; others reply the principle already accounts for different skillsets.
Imposter syndrome passage baffled readers
Commenters puzzled over or rejected the article's claim that 'imposter phenomenon' was medicalized to hide real imposters, though some agreed the real imposter is often the boss.

Consensus: Most agree that promoting strong engineers into management by default is badly handled and that managers need at least an understanding of engineering work.

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The Peter Principle (book): One commenter noted the book itself advises tactics to avoid unwanted promotion.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 5 days ago.

Points: 156
Comments: 90
Best rank: #2
Posted: 2026-11-08 by adrianhoward
Category: Career

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