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The senior engineer death spiral

285 points · 150 comments · nsavage

  1. sajithdilshan · · focus · HN ↗
    The senior you get the more you realise that the only reward for hard work is more work. Then, you learn to say no more often and set boundaries and negotiate like if you want me to work on project A, then I won’t have capacity to work on project B.

    Unfortunately, this is something you have to learn through experience and cannot be taught by someone else.

    1. dude250711 · · focus · HN ↗

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      1. aleph_minus_one · · focus · HN ↗
        > will just define a new baseline expectation

        This assumes that you care about (at least a little bit) what the other side expects from you.

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