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The worst part is we all know these people and they're almost never the people providing the most value to the company. They're just good at selling themselves.
by habosa 4y ago
The worst part is we all know these people and they're almost never the people providing the most value to the company. They're just good at selling themselves. They come in, spend 6 months onboarding, do 18 months of acceptable work (and make sure to use all the benefits, of course) and then they're gone. You'll hear from them on LinkedIn, with some inflated title making 3x what you make and still not being an expert in anything.
- cableshaft 4y agoWho says being an expert in a field is the meaning of life? I was a phone systems expert with a previous job, mostly because I stayed at the job way longer than my coworkers. I gladly gave that up for a 60% bump in pay and not having to be oncall for 4-6 hours in the middle of the night whenever there was a network issue, which happened a couple times a month at that job. I hope I never have to deal with phone systems ever again.
- Apocryphon 4y agoThis is what the industry wants and rewards right now. Even average engineer tenure at FAANG is only a couple of years. Some of this is employee career-driven, but it’s also caused by employers churning their workforce with dissatisfying conditions.
- WJW 4y agoSome people, when they progress in their career, are rewarded with extra money, others with a sense of smug self-satisfaction in knowing that they are an expert. Different people like different things and optimize accordingly.