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The other side of this debate is that engineers who turn into managers and leaders in organisationsneed not completely give up their technical creativities. Often, it can be a mix of both. A high rankingmanager can also be a technology expert. This is the exact basis of Symantec's Techtracsprogramme, in which they encourage and build upon technical talent of engineers. In thisprogramme, they have very senior positions for Distinguished Engineers and Fellows, apart from

Senior Technical Directors.

Mentoring and guidance, whether for a managerial or a technology based career, is a critical successcomponent. An engineer, who is capable of giving an organisation or a country the next

breakthrough in technology or in an architectural design, should not be wasted on a puremanagement role.

At the same time, one cannot follow a deterrent approach where you stop them from completelymoving to management. Instead, it should come more as an encouragement to pursue engineeringroles. Higher designations and pay packages is only one side of the coin. Engineers will only be truly

engineers when they are in it for the love of it.