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We see exceptions to this, and some attach on to the idea that you can become so indispensable that you could never be let go. "Technical Fellow" positions and
by marpstar 3y ago
We see exceptions to this, and some attach on to the idea that you can become so indispensable that you could never be let go. "Technical Fellow" positions and the like. Company I worked at previously had the founding engineer still around, constantly working in a silo on special projects -- nothing the principals couldn't have been doing.
But nothing lasts forever.
- voidfunc 3y agoTechnical fellow's and keeping founder's around long past their prime isn't done because those people produce some kind of valuable work that the rest of engineering cannot, it's because it's easier to pay them rather than let them run off and start or work for a competitor.