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> When you apply for your next job as a manager they will ask you “How big was your team?”

Just lie. Then you will see it doesn’t matter anyway. I’m not sure how to recruit for managers in a huge corporation, I don’t think even huge corporations necessarily know.

One thing’s for sure: a big difference between some ICs and Managers, at least the managers you actually want to work for, is that those most non-manager ICs seem to be really fucking bought into some very reductive points of view.




> Just lie.

Yes, the liars should consolidate with the idiots at the dysfunctional companies, and leave the rest of us alone. :)


Be honest and communicate a superior vision.

“My core team is always small but is capable of networking and scaling with other expert teams, in order to manage large projects”


Don’t hate the player, hate the game




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