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sk5t on Nov 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Software Developers: how to get a raise without ch...

Being the very best at your job doesn't always put you in line for management to have you stop doing that job... "too valuable to promote" is a thing.

rosege on Nov 8, 2016 [–]

Kinda like The Dilbert principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert_principle

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