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I'm pretty sure that in a well-managed company, someone who didn't contribute would be let go. I'd like to leave off the always-contentious question regarding "

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• tptacek 15y ago
  If I rephrase and edit my previous comment maybe it'll stick better. I had three ideas for you: * Analyze what you do, figure out the portion of it that your employer cares about, and stop spending so much time on the other portions. Example: the carefully crafted prose in your per-public-method comments might be permitted to suffer. * Instead of campaigning for a raise, campaign for a role change to something that uses more of your cleverness and less of your sweat. For instance, maybe you'd be better off as a product manager. * Sandbag estimates to bring unrealistic expectations back into line.
  • pnathan 15y ago
    I wondered what had happened to it! Thank you a lot for your input. I am - of course in a business sense - very interested in raising my market value to my current (and future employers), and am always looking for ways to enhance it.
  • jarrettcoggin 15y ago
    I whole-heartedly agree with this. Especially the sandbagging estimates. Software Development is extremely difficult to accurately estimate, and I have found if I don't sandbag estimates, I almost always go back and explain that something took longer than expected. If I don't, I almost always have someone knocking on my door asking where something is at. My person rule of thumb for this is to take the time I originally estimated, double it, then add a little more, especially if it's 8 hours or greater.