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> My take: if your boss can do your job, you're not needed. If your boss can do your work, has the time to do your work (eg there isn't enough work), the work
by Supermancho 6y ago
> My take: if your boss can do your job, you're not needed.
If your boss can do your work, has the time to do your work (eg there isn't enough work), the work doesn't need to be done in parallel, and can do similar quality work, and is willing to do that work, you're not needed.
That's the takeaway, without oversimplification, which makes sense.
- markild 6y agoAgreed. If not, you could just as well have said "If a colleague can do your job, you're not needed." It's actually an interesting point that. Oversimplified a bit, I feel there are two different ways that people measure their worth in the workplace. There is "no one else can do what I do" and then there's "I make sure that everything I do can be done by someone else". Personally I much prefer the latter.
- Supermancho 6y ago> If a colleague can do your job, you're not needed. I can program in ASM, since I did it in college. That's a different assertion from "if a colleague can do your job, you're not needed". ASM programmers are still needed. Also, there's the whole "making a baby in 1 month with 9 wombs doesn't work".