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Most promotions I've seen are when someone has a huge amount of tribal knowledge about some system and the company cannot afford to have them leave. So they get
by fdgsdfogijq 4y ago
Most promotions I've seen are when someone has a huge amount of tribal knowledge about some system and the company cannot afford to have them leave. So they get promoted. This is even within FAANG, where this narrative about impact or 10x developers is common. Not saying promotions dont happen for those reasons, just that huge systems that few people understand lead to promotions for those who do understand them
- thematrixturtle 4y agoNot really? Promos incentive "up and out" culture, where people switch teams after getting promoted. Machiavellian managers respond by not promoting their best people, instead forever dangling the carrot of "deliver this and get promoted next cycle!".
- fdgsdfogijq 4y ago100%, have worked at two FAANGs and this is what I have seen. Complex business knowledge leads to promotions
- strongpigeon 4y ago“You got a really high CME this cycle” is the meme du jour I’ve heard
- surement 4y agoThis is very common! What's worse is these engineers likely created or at least contributed to a situation where tribal knowledge is valuable, rather than developing simple decoupled systems that can be picked up by new engineers.
- heavenlyblue 4y agoYeah it’s your usual “hire a bunch of underpaid and under skilled-for-the-job” “engineers” at the beginning of your startup that write piles of crap code that then become knowledge pullers of the business. When if you paid good money in the first place you wouldn’t need that knowledge in the first place.