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Everyone being replaceable is a concept that is emotionally hard to wrap your head around, especially when you're the one being replaced, but it is undoubtedly
by partiallypro 4y ago
Everyone being replaceable is a concept that is emotionally hard to wrap your head around, especially when you're the one being replaced, but it is undoubtedly true. Even Caesar was replaced, I think they can replace a programmer or PM/AM, etc.
That being said, I did leave my previous company for a better opportunity and am on occasion reached out to from that company or even that company's own customers for assistance on specific items. Still replaceable, but there is learned knowledge that can be a deficit for a while or even forever, especially if it is simply not profitable to have someone learn it or it exists without maintenance for so long that no one remembers or knows how to fix/remedy if it ever does need maintenance.
- docandrew 4y ago“Even Caesar was replaced” -very insightful! It’s always humbling to be in a position where you think “there’s no way this place will survive without me” but it seems like the show goes on, no matter what.
- davidgay 4y ago> “Even Caesar was replaced” -very insightful! Though when the replacement requires a civil war, it may be a step too far for most companies (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberators%27_civil_war https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberators%27_civil_war)...
- dilyevsky 4y ago> The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men - Charles de Gaulle