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100%. I recently quit a job (FAANG) after 13 years and I thought I have so much institutional knowledge that mu departure would be impactful for at least a litt
by redditor98654 4y ago
100%. I recently quit a job (FAANG) after 13 years and I thought I have so much institutional knowledge that mu departure would be impactful for at least a little while.
And while I was under no illusion of my importance and did not expect any breakdown of the team or anything like that, I did think I would get at least ONE question after I left from my previous teammates about some obscure thing that I thought only I knew.
Nada. No one asked me anything - they had no issues for which they had to reach out to me. Team did a re-org and things just kept moving. It was a humbling realization to say the least.
- SQueeeeeL 4y agoYour knowledge is now arcane black magic. The reorg probably shuffled away the people who knew that you knew what you knew, you should be proud.
- Twisol 4y agoHaving left and (briefly) returned to the same team, absolutely this, 100%. People typically avoid touching functionality they don't understand, for (legitimate) fear of breaking it in unknown ways. New features and changes are built up on top of the existing edifice, rather than trying to change the edifice itself. You end up with an unstable tower of layers in which it's more and more difficult to get anything done -- but not impossible, and not suddenly more difficult all at once. It's a slow boil.
- p1esk 4y agoNo one asked me anything - they had no issues for which they had to reach out to me. More likely no one cared.