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As you say, this de-skilling problem is broader than SaaS, it is tied to oursourcing of critical competencies or, in younger companies, never having them in the
by foobiekr 6y ago
As you say, this de-skilling problem is broader than SaaS, it is tied to oursourcing of critical competencies or, in younger companies, never having them in the first place.
If you want to see de-skilling in action, hard core, go look into the service providers, wireless and fixed. They are running on fumes and attrition-victorious teams that last had a new technology in the late 70s/early 80s because everyone good at networking went to the FANG predecessors and then FANG proper.
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoIt’s also a problem with compensation. Many companies take an incredibly stupid and paternalistic attitude that employees should be happy with 3% - 5% raises, no bonuses, and refresher equity way less than their original grant. Anyone actually talented just leaves after 2-4 years, so you get zero cohesion or snowballing effect of talented tech leaders who other good people actually want to work with. These places become total career death. Eventually it becomes a place where only people with kids or other significant life obligation go, specifically because they value no-ambition bureaucracy that trades off compensation and risk taking in exchange for work life balance. Those places are so soul crushing. Avoid at all costs.