Love your work but I struggle with the term IC being used for a technician/engineer role, when in much of the rest of the world it is the opposite: IC = an In Charge or supervisor/manager.
That's why a second-in-charge is often known as a 2-IC.
Thank you for the comment! That’s really interesting - I’ve not heard of that before (speaks to the bubble I’m in). Going to do some research on more international writing to understand if there’s better, more broadly applicable term.
FWIW, I'm from Australia, where we often use a mix of American, British, and home-grown terms. A report, for example, is never a person, but always a document. We'd use the term junior, staff member, team member etc. Perhaps junior is too hierarchical for Silicon Valley?
absolute banger
Came here from TLDR; definitely appreciate this. Mind if I post this on my LinkedIn? - with credit of course.
Thank you for letting us know this was on TLDR and for the kind words! Reposts are encouraged. Thank you!
Love your work but I struggle with the term IC being used for a technician/engineer role, when in much of the rest of the world it is the opposite: IC = an In Charge or supervisor/manager.
That's why a second-in-charge is often known as a 2-IC.
Thank you for the comment! That’s really interesting - I’ve not heard of that before (speaks to the bubble I’m in). Going to do some research on more international writing to understand if there’s better, more broadly applicable term.
Individual contributor is the most command usage I've seen in the English speaking world (outside the military, where it's often for In-Command).
I'm going to have some fun with the `In Charge` disambiguation of IC :)
No worries.
FWIW, I'm from Australia, where we often use a mix of American, British, and home-grown terms. A report, for example, is never a person, but always a document. We'd use the term junior, staff member, team member etc. Perhaps junior is too hierarchical for Silicon Valley?
Great post! Absolutely agree re 10x engineers, I managed one once, it's humbling, wish I could hire like that all the time.