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IC work. So hot right now. I’ve seen it myself, going back to an IC role at Lovable. And a few months ago, I said that IC work is the new career flex and it ended up being my most-engaged post ever. So, seems like there’s something there.
So I decided to dig a bit deeper. I ran a study!
Some of my favorite highlights:
Yep, people want to do IC work: 71% of people (including managers!) want at least half of their time to be spent on IC work. 27% said they only want to do IC work.
Manager-turned-ICs wouldn’t trade it for anything: 75%+ of this group said they wouldn’t trade roles with anyone in the org. (vs. ~30% of current managers.)
The IC cost is… influence: Yep, 32% mentioned comp. But 66% of people said the main downside of being an IC is lack of influence.
But the numbers themselves weren’t the main thing. This was n…
