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well, it's true. The first people to go in every layoff operation, at every company I've worked for, were always the "rockstar programmers". The guys that came
by valdiorn 4y ago
well, it's true. The first people to go in every layoff operation, at every company I've worked for, were always the "rockstar programmers". The guys that came in with reputation, because they are known in the tech world. The conference speakers, bloggers, open source heroes, etc.
They come in, command a huge salary, and give a big PR/awareness boost to the company. But then turns out they're about as productive as everyone else, which makes them the first to go during layoff season.
- subsuxbjes 4y agoCan you provide citation because quite frankly I don't believe your assertion
- valdiorn 4y agoCan I identify my employers, call out specific people with a large online following by name, and declare that they were let go for budgetary reasons? No. I can't. For really obvious reasons :) But I've seen this happen quite a few times. And given some private conversations with my managers (i.e. the people who decide who to fire and who to retain), when discussing layoffs at the time they were happening, it was pretty clear why certain people were let go. This is just my anecdata. Even if I could prove my experience 100%, I still can't prove this as a universal rule, obviously. So it's just an observation of a few datapoints.