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When it gets tied into career progression, I've come to the conclusion it's folly to pursue any one companies career progression maze. Because you get corrall
by le-mark 8y ago
When it gets tied into career progression,
I've come to the conclusion it's folly to pursue any one companies career progression maze. Because you get corralled into all sorts of sillyness like this; vying for projects with your peers, acrimonious code reviews, chasing silly metrics, etc. I find it's much more effective in time, money and title (and work life balance, and mental health) to simply switch jobs for the higher title.
In other words don't fall for the "work your ass off for a possible future bump in pay and title" game many companies play.
- sethammons 8y agoOr find a good company. I've worked hard and gone from mid level (actually slightly lower) to principal over several years at the same, growing company. My responsibilities have drastically changed over time towards greater impact and my pay is nearly 3x from where I started.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThe same could simply be accomplished with good people management. A good 10X people manager is worth their weight in gold.
- commandlinefan 8y ago> A good 10X people manager I've worked for a few. In my experience they end up getting pushed out by the bureaucracy after a few years.