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Yes, you are exactly correct, MVP athletes (aka IC8s) CAN become coaches in their post-prime life. For a 20+ year developer, this is rarely possible.

Broader set of things != Different things.

So you don't think that moving a Distinguished NASA engineer with an illustrious 25 year career into management is a good idea? They arent moving fields, just positions within their field. Your cooking analogy doesn't apply.

The case example of this working well is Boeing, which was ran (top to bottom) mostly by engineers for a while.



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