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The senior engineer death spiral

285 points · 150 comments · nsavage

  1. wickedOne · · focus · HN ↗
    sounds like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Peter_principle" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Peter_principle
    1. knollimar · · focus · HN ↗
      it&#x27;s self inflicted Peter principle speedrun. Not even a heuristic like &quot;could they do the job eventually&quot; but they try to become incompetent immediately.
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