Nobody's so good that they can't be laid off, because layoffs are rarely about function or skill. Layoffs are mostly political; They're about which parts of the

Nobody's so good that they can't be laid off, because layoffs are rarely about function or skill. Layoffs are mostly political; They're about which parts of the company are successful as a whole viewed by the CEO. You can be so good that the business will fail without you[1], but you cannot be so good that the business cannot lay you off. [1]though that itself should be a firing offense; It's impossible to tell that from "job security through code obscurity" and the latter should be assumed.