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While I think it's an organizational failure, even if folks aren't "growing" after 36 months, I definitely think there's institutional knowledge they have that
by 535188B17C93743 5y ago
While I think it's an organizational failure, even if folks aren't "growing" after 36 months, I definitely think there's institutional knowledge they have that helps them be more effective... the more time that elapses, the more of that institutional knowledge is lost and not documented.
Obviously it's not great to have companies hanging on by the thread of a single person's knowledge over 10 years, but I feel like at a lot of companies (especially smaller companies), this is the reality.
- sparker72678 5y ago> but I feel like at a lot of companies (especially smaller companies), this is the reality. Exactly. There are many small companies that will be far more impacted be one of their 2 developers leaving than they would be by the owner being hit by a bus, but they'll still balk at raising salaries.
- MichaelZuo 5y agoWell market dynamics over the long term should take care of companies that short sighted. They will be outcompeted by others that are better at building organizational capacity.
- abc_lisper 5y agoYeah, that long term is not useful for the engineer whose skills should be valued right. He will be older by that time
- MichaelZuo 5y agoWell that’s sorta how life works? It’s like any other market dynamic that organizes society. No guarantees that anyone will be utilized to their highest and best purpose.