Company vs Employee incentives
As a company, your incentive is to squeeze out the most out of your employees. If an employee is super talented, you promote him and squeeze even more, until you saturate all his life energy and talent while making him work more. As a talented employee (assume for the sake of argument), shouldn’t my incentive be to work the least to maintain HV2 at a Senior level at most (even mid-level)? The more talented I am, the fewer hours I can work, instead of getting promoted until they are able to squeeze every ounce of talent I have. I can then use that energy and focus to find investment opportunities, or pursue something that gives my life meaning. In other words, I feel like getting promoted past a certain level in big tech is detrimental to one’s personal interests, for a large majority of people. Yet, despite this, it seems that a disproportionate number of people make it their goal to climb this ladder with misaligned incentives.
Yeah. Whatever makes u happy and fulfilled. Chasing money, climbing the career ladder, travelling, hobbies, etc They are all equally stupid
Dr*gs and b*tches are the only things worth living for after all
If you climb the ladder and make more money to put away and save, you can work a shorter portion of your life and retire off those investments
If you have 2M dollars saved up from your career, and you find a great investment, you can work an even shorter portion.
at the end, either you are buried or burnt. your kids enjoy your earnings. By the time you retire, you are not in a good shape to use that TC
Yes, but I’d recommend targeting HV3 just in case calibration doesn’t work in your favor
Better plan is to try to craft jobs and promotional opportunities that align with scope you are inherently interested in and motivated by. That way, you can the best of both worlds. Agreed that if you are grinding out an awful job just so you can get promoted into an even worse nightmare of a job, you are doing it wrong.
It has always been a problem that you hit a ceiling in tech. Promotion outside of engineering is very difficult, and there’s a salary ceiling inside. So yes, you drive to the terminal position in your company and then focus on other things. There’s nothing wrong with this, even outside of tech most people reach a point where they don’t find value in climbing further and focus on living life more. Some people need the external validation of promotions and titles.
If you truly care about giving your life meaning, find an employer that isn't so toxic. Amazon is big enough to have seen all the tricks. No one is fooling this company for very long. I only fooled myself into thinking I could be an exception. Pulled it off for a few years ...until I didn't. Law of averages caught up with me and my new sociopath manager smelled PIP blood. Wish I GTFO a year ago, but you live and you learn. Don't make my mistake. Start prepping to leave now.
Whatever floats your boat man
is paper boat ok ?
I close my eyes Only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams Pass before my eyes, a curiosity Dust in the wind All they are is dust in the wind Same old song Just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind Now don't hang on Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky It slips away And all your money won't another minute buy