> But this is a dead end. You’ll get a pat on the head, told “nice work, don’t burn yourself out”, and no progress towards a senior promotion. Eh, this might b

> But this is a dead end. You’ll get a pat on the head, told “nice work, don’t burn yourself out”, and no progress towards a senior promotion. Eh, this might be accurate (for certain teams/companies) but I was on a team where I was the contractor. Everyone else was SO focused on promotion that they got zero work done ever, and I got a dozen tickets crushed each week. The whole (oversized) startup ending up failing, but the CTO ended up pulling me in to another project they helped start, one with a massively leaner team, and we crushed that project and made it truly successful. I didn't even know anything about the role (data warehouse engineer) but he knew I would work hard, learn fast, and get things done, and that was what mattered.