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This. This article confuses tacit knowledge for the phenomenon most eloquently described by a former (superb) sysadmin colleague “documentation is the enemy of
by fidotron 3y ago
This.
This article confuses tacit knowledge for the phenomenon most eloquently described by a former (superb) sysadmin colleague “documentation is the enemy of job security”.
- pheres 3y agoOne should not look to be unreplaceable, but rather the opposite. Only when you become replaceable at a certain task (or able to delegate it) you can progress to do new (more interesting) things.
- geodel 3y agoIt could go either way. Some places will like and promote one to do different/more interesting things. Other places will eliminate the position with k, thx, bye! Moreover usually people have only so much energy to be always concerned with job / career growth/ changes etc. They are fine their little pieces of knowledge that make them useful at work in a unique way.
- oceanplexian 3y agoIf your company has a habit of firing people that share information, or punish employees who work smarter instead of harder, it’s a sign that they might be out of touch with value creation and will eventually be punished by the market. Being fired from such a place might actually be a blessing, not a curse.
- justin_oaks 3y agoIs this true, though? After seeing enough bone-headed management decisions, I wonder if the bosses even know or care about documentation when making decisions to fire someone. From my point of view, the lack of documentation might be a reason to fire someone.