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> I'd always heard growing up that if you make yourself indispensable, you'll never get fired. This is terrible advice. Indispensable people are your team's b
by sevensor 9y ago
> I'd always heard growing up that if you make yourself indispensable, you'll never get
fired.
This is terrible advice. Indispensable people are your team's biggest weakness, and your boss knows it. If you become the single point of failure, you're a problem to be fixed.
- mrkstu 9y agoYep, make yourself 'invaluable' instead. If you're always returning a disproportionate value, whatever the task, you are doing it right. If you make yourself 'indispensable', the best that can happen is that you're never fired but never promoted. The worst is that you're a target for replacement.
- pkaye 9y agoAlso you will be prone to burn-out because you might never get a break.
- gormz 9y agoEvery company of reasonable size takes into account the "bus factor"