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> If you can't independently and proactively take action to improve things for your customers without gaining some "minimum amount of glory", you are working in
by scarface_74 2y ago
> If you can't independently and proactively take action to improve things for your customers without gaining some "minimum amount of glory", you are working in a dysfunctional organization. I recommend not working there. Or I recommend cynically gaming the system.
All large companies are dysfunctional. If you want to maximize your compensation, you play the game. The top end of enterprise dev is around the entry level of BigTech.
While at 50 I don’t want to play that game (been there done that), I would definitely give someone younger the same advice as the author.
- lelandbatey 2y agoI would too, but I'd point out that what you are doing is playing the game, not actually delivering value. My annoyance is with the parent blog post which seems to imply that delivering value == sycophantic behavior, which just isn't true.