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Actually my manager was "demoted" back to a programmer, which I think is a good thing. He was forced onto management a few years ago, but that was a waste of talent in my opinion. I also think a lot of stress he suffered as a manager is gone.

But yes, a lot of people were let go at the same time (8 months ago).

And the article, no useful information from what I can see.

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One of the big things that keeps me where I'm working now is the org structure that keeps managers & non-managers on separate career tracks until significantly higher in the org chart than most big companies. Moving between manager & not isn't a promotion or demotion; it's a sideways shift.

I hope everybody sees it that way (having been "demoted" to programmer a couple times in my career myself) but I fear that not everybody does.

As long as it's a demotion with a pay raise and a more senior sounding title like "staff engineer" then I think most technical managers would jump at the opportunity. The narrative drastically affects the perception.

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