> Paradoxically, by being disposable, you free yourself. You make it easier for yourself to grow into a higher-level role and you make it easier for yourself to change the projects you work on.
I think the logical think between "grow into a higher-level role" and "being disposable" is very weak if any?
The company will pay big price to promote a highly-valued employee. The task which the employee was working on will be transferred to other member/team in the company, so the promoted employee could work on more important tasks. Some company allows/requires the promoted employee to also monitor the situation to ensure the transaction of task is done correctly during/after the promotion.
On the other hand, from a company's stand point, a quitting employee should never be a big concern even if someone intentionally make themselves "indispensable".
The points in the article that I agreed with:
- "Document your meetings", I always do and call it memo
- "Give power to the people"
- "Do not make yourself the point of contact", I explain what I was doing in the comments of my code
- Not sure why the author put this in, but "Always be learning"
Real world incentives are truly perverse and don't align with the idealized version from this blog post.
In fact, I think this was written by a manager that was burned by a critical person leaving.
In the real world I've seen too many times the jerks, the firefighter types that create fires that only they can extinguish to get recognition and privileges while making everyone's else life miserable.
> Not sure why the author put this in, but "Always be learning"
The point of the article is that by increasing team productivity to reduce your own tasks, you now have the chance to learn new things and grow into new roles as opposed to being stuck with the same responsibilities.
I think the logical think between "grow into a higher-level role" and "being disposable" is very weak if any?
The company will pay big price to promote a highly-valued employee. The task which the employee was working on will be transferred to other member/team in the company, so the promoted employee could work on more important tasks. Some company allows/requires the promoted employee to also monitor the situation to ensure the transaction of task is done correctly during/after the promotion.
On the other hand, from a company's stand point, a quitting employee should never be a big concern even if someone intentionally make themselves "indispensable".
The points in the article that I agreed with:
- "Document your meetings", I always do and call it memo
- "Give power to the people"
- "Do not make yourself the point of contact", I explain what I was doing in the comments of my code
- Not sure why the author put this in, but "Always be learning"