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Ask HN: How do you deal when someone else is credited for your work?
As the title says, how would one deal where their hard work gets praised on the higher levels, but (sometimes) see other people names attached to it?
- LinuxBender 6y agoI personally prefer this but I can understand why it might bother you. When others get credit, they unwittingly also end up supporting whatever I created. My goal is to benefit the greater good of the company. I get paid the same regardless, so if others have to support my creation that means less obligations for me. I should add that if you suspect it may affect your performance raises, then make sure your work is documented in a way that you current and future managers can clearly see what you contributed. If this is not an option in your workplace, then document this on LinkedIn and your CV.
- brodouevencode 6y agoTwo interesting perspectives baked into this (correct me if I'm wrong here): 1. I'm okay with others taking credit for my work because that effectively means they own it and therefore have to support it 2. Make sure you get some of the credit as to not affect performance reviews, accomplishments, etc. There's a lot of truth in both, but are obviously at odds with each other. Do you have recommendations on how to reconcile them?
- LinuxBender 6y agoI think it depends on the person and situation. The person may not require recognition and thus can benefit from less obligations. Or the person may be at a point in their career requiring the recognition and accepting they may have more obligations. Even then the situation is not binary. One can always ask for work to be delegated to others. The options will vary by management, staff load and company culture.