If we had a crystal ball to know beforehand, then of course not.
How can we know if someone will be incompetent in a role they have never been given the opportunity?
If an excellent contributor/leader wants to take on more responsibility, or are forced to because it’s the only way to get a nontrivial salary increase, it seems like that decision leaves middle management with the ultimatum: promote or lose the excellent team member.
I’m not the commenter you replied to, just my take. In some tech orgs they are barely starting to expand from Sr Engineer for ICs, many of previous cohorts were forced into management or hit a dead-end on comp
How can we know if someone will be incompetent in a role they have never been given the opportunity?
If an excellent contributor/leader wants to take on more responsibility, or are forced to because it’s the only way to get a nontrivial salary increase, it seems like that decision leaves middle management with the ultimatum: promote or lose the excellent team member.
I’m not the commenter you replied to, just my take. In some tech orgs they are barely starting to expand from Sr Engineer for ICs, many of previous cohorts were forced into management or hit a dead-end on comp