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From: skrone@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (stuart.krone)
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Subject: Re: Not engineers
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Date: 18 Apr 91 15:48:57 GMT
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In article <33186@mimsy.umd.edu> cml@tove.cs.umd.edu (Christopher Lott) writes:
>In article <Js1k11w163w@shark.cs.fau.edu> theo.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Theo Heavey) writes:
>>Still worse is the fact that very rarely may a techie type flourish
>>in the tech area. To clarify, a good techie (ie. programmer) can only
>>go so far before maxing out the salary range. To move up (the standard
>>American dream) to a higher level of income the techie must move into
>>"management" 
>
>
>If I remember correctly from my brief time at IBM, they have a dual
>career track.  Good technical people can become senior then more senior
>(forgot the catchy titles) tech people without assuming managerial duties.
>I assume (but don't know) that the salaries were comparable.  Anyone else
>out there work for a place with this dual track?  Is this common?
>
Yes. AT&T has a dual track. It takes longer to climb the tech track and
there is a limit on how high you can go but at least you don't 
have to become administrative if you don't want to.
>chris...
>--
>Christopher Lott \/ Dept of Comp Sci, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
>  cml@cs.umd.edu /\ 4122 AV Williams Bldg  301 405-2721 <standard disclaimers>

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