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1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:22:16 EST kaniini

   a mediocre developer quits his grunt track job at google because he couldn't get a promotion:

   https://mtlynch.io/why-i-quit-google/

   1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:23:35 EST kaniini

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      reading through the blog post, I quickly realised what the problem was: the author was mediocre, in every way

      unfortunately, this meant the recruiter who got him placed, got him placed on what I affectionately call the "grunt track"

      1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:25:44 EST kaniini

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         much like the orcs in warcraft 3 happily going back and forth, carrying bags of gold between the gold mine and the stronghold, the grunt track is essentially a track where you do boring maintenance work for the company

         these engagements last for a few months until the company realizes "oh wait, we can outsource this to our India team and save money"

         then the India team gives you something they screwed up and you get to untangle it

         the punchline, of course, is that untangling it doesn't bring new tangible value to the company, so they don't care when it comes time for asking for promotions

         1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:28:56 EST kaniini

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            back to mediocrity: the author's github has all of the clues you need. what do i mean by that? well, his projects are:

            - largely written in Go
            - largely deployed by Ansible

            there is no evidence of any other programming language use

            Go and Ansible are good tools, but usage of only those tools does not show a well-rounded, multi-disciplined software developer.

            in fact, Go and Ansible are tools that were explicitly designed for junior-grade software developers from day 1

            1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:32:40 EST kaniini

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               had the author shown intellectual rigor by demonstrating projects written in a spectrum of programming languages, some Go, C, C++, Python and Ruby, then they could have transferred out to a different team and gotten off the "grunt track."

               accordingly, they would have been on projects that weren't dead on arrival and he would have gotten the promotion he felt he deserved.

               in this case the system actually worked as designed: somebody who did not bother to apply themselves and demonstrate a wide spectrum of skills (which would make them far more valuable) got put in the grunt track and was kept in the grunt track

               1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:35:43 EST kaniini

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                  by the way, the whole concept of getting things like promotions because you "deserve them" without merit is basically the epitome of white privilege

                  don't be like this guy

                  if you work hard and demonstrate that you have a wide range of skills, you will progress in your career, but if you don't, you will stay where you are at

                  it's really as simple as that

                  1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:47:56 EST kaniini

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                     god, the white privilege of this part just makes me angry: https://mtlynch.io/why-i-quit-google/#the-holiday-gift-wake-up-call

                     i just want to yell at him: "oh my fucking god, shut the fuck up you whiny little over-privileged shit"

                     1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:49:16 EST kaniini

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                        yes, asshole, you were in a BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP with google

                        THAT IS WHAT EMPLOYMENT IS

                        1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:49:40 EST kaniini

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                           ok, ok, i am done for real this time

                           1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Mar-2018 09:53:25 EST kaniini

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                              ok, really done for real after i just say this: "Employee A" is 100% on point there

                              you don't pick an employer based on what kind of coffee maker they buy you at the end of the year