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Eventually you'll run out of bad ones to sack and then the that's when the good ones leave because they don't want to play the ladder game. You're left with mi
by Aperocky 4y ago
Eventually you'll run out of bad ones to sack and then the that's when the good ones leave because they don't want to play the ladder game.
You're left with middling who might have a hard time finding other jobs but could play the ladder game well enough - potentially with devastating consequence for health of the technical stack as more "features" get developed.
- sillysaurusx 4y agoIn my experience you’re right that the best devs don’t care to play the ladder game, but they’re generally pretty okay at it. It’s not that much of a distraction from your regular work to think about “How can I help my manager look good to their manager?” which is all the ladder game is.