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The senior engineer death spiral

285 points · 150 comments · nsavage

  1. slowin · · focus · HN ↗
    At least we know this wasn't written by an LLM (unless it was GPT-2).

    The best advice I can give on moving your career forward is to not try and get a promotion at your current job. Apply for better positions at other companies while you still have your current role. You'll have maximum leverage and unlimited time to choose the best possible option. Trying to claw your way up the ladder in a single company is the least efficient (and more often than not hopeless) strategy.

    1. JeremyNT · · focus · HN ↗
      This used to be true during the zero interest rate days when you could leapfrog up the chain but I think the times have changed.

      By all means keep your eyes open outside of your org, but it's increasingly hard to even get a resume seen by a human on the other side of the hiring process.

      If you have a good reputation on your current team, that places you above external candidates as you look to move up in your organization. Don't ignore that.

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