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What's IC?

• sasper 7y ago
  Individual contributor. It's a fancy management word for SWE or anyone else in a non-management role.
  • ACow_Adonis 7y ago
    Ug...ok, I'll be that guy: what's an SWE?
    • coffeefirst 7y ago
      Software Engineer. I have no idea who started using these acronyms but they definitely forgot they're new and not universal.
      • SenHeng 7y ago
        I guess the W is to differentiate it from Systems Engineer? We use SE here in Japan for both software engineers and system engineers. How are they difference? The latter is older and seems to have originated from people doing architectural, consulting type of work. Fun fact, consulting/contracting businesses here and also known as SES, System Engineer (as a) Service.
        • pjscott 7y ago
          I haven't heard SE outside of a Japanese context, so this may just be a case of different countries randomly picking different acronyms.
  • SenHeng 7y ago
    A simpler, more universal word might be grunt.
    • pjscott 7y ago
      The higher levels of IC are usually more noncom than grunt.