When we talk about promotion, we often imagine the default path: from a team member to a manager. Becoming a manager is the obvious path if you’re a good employee who wants to grow in the company. Having said that, not everyone can be a good manager, and – surprise surprise – not all of us want to be managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’re familiar with this issue here at monday. One of our very first developers almost resigned after he got promoted to an exciting role: leading the R&D. From someone who was excited to get to work every morning, he found himself wondering if he was in the right place. It led us as a company to look for a solution. That’s how we ran into the term “IC” – Individual Contributor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what does “IC” really mean? How can we create this kind of path in our company? Why would a company want to invest resources in creating this kind of path? And what does it have to do with a Canadian teacher born in 1919? We answered all of it with the help of the developer we mentioned above, but not only: in this episode you’ll find another IC beside him, an HR VP, and an organizational psychologist – all helped us to better understand the path that helps both employee and employer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Managing is not for everyone.
\nLuckily, there\u2019s a path that allows employers to offer their employees a growth path which is not through managing.
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