It's funny how when you make a bug and then stay awake at 1AM to fix it in production, the managers will mostly remember the latter. Now that I'm thinking abou

It's funny how when you make a bug and then stay awake at 1AM to fix it in production, the managers will mostly remember the latter. Now that I'm thinking about it... do the managers actually know the bug was caused by his "programming style"? Because, if they are under impression that he is fixing other people's mistakes... then it would make sense to pay him better than the rest. > This is really some life-long questioning of mine: should I care about things or should I focus on politics I guess you need both; and the exact proportion depends on the company. > Aren't those on top of the pyramid the more "sharky" people that climbed the ladder not by pure skill ... This already assumes that those on the top have climbed the ladder. As opposed to already starting somewhere higher than you will ever get.