Why are you being so pedantic? At this point it seems like you're trolling.
> so i guess that managers are not individuals and don't contribute?
> i have never, ever come across a programmer working on a system of any complexity that did not depend on contributions from other programmers.
No one said non-ICs aren't individuals, and no one said they don't contribute. No one said that ICs don't work with others or depend on others.
What has been said, several times, is that their contributions (i.e. the code they produce, artifacts they create, etc) are largely individual contributions. They are the ones creating the thing, and are not responsible for others.
This gets a bit murky as you move up the IC chain, in that your contributions become less tangible and are in part measured on how you lead others and make those around you more efficient. But your performance is still largely judged on what you produced.
> so i guess that managers are not individuals and don't contribute?
> i have never, ever come across a programmer working on a system of any complexity that did not depend on contributions from other programmers.
No one said non-ICs aren't individuals, and no one said they don't contribute. No one said that ICs don't work with others or depend on others.
What has been said, several times, is that their contributions (i.e. the code they produce, artifacts they create, etc) are largely individual contributions. They are the ones creating the thing, and are not responsible for others.
This gets a bit murky as you move up the IC chain, in that your contributions become less tangible and are in part measured on how you lead others and make those around you more efficient. But your performance is still largely judged on what you produced.