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Re:The Programmer’s Guide to a Sane Workweek by jnordwick on Friday September 16, 2016 @12:19PM (#12515077)
Reading all the responses to your comment a few things come to mind:

- people on HN have bad jobs with no advancement track for strong technical skills

- people on HN don't want to work their way up, then want it handed to them.

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Re:The Programmer’s Guide to a Sane Workweek by madamelic on Friday September 16, 2016 @12:39PM (#12515253)
>people on HN don't want to work their way up, then want it handed to them

Yes. How terrible would that be. How terrible would it be for someone to have a title / position commiserate to their skills, not how good they are at office politics.

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Re:The Programmer’s Guide to a Sane Workweek by bendixso on Friday September 16, 2016 @01:56PM (#12515891)
Regarding point number 2 - A promotion has to get handed to you in some way or another, regardless of how hard you work for it.

I just don't want my career advancement to be up to the arbitrary whims of someone in a position of authority, that's all.

There are many ways to work your way up that don't involve giving all of your free time away to someone else who may or may not decide to promote you for it.

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