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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by freehunter on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:52AM (#16484338)
A person’s projected morale is very under-appreciated. I don’t know if I’m at the point in my career that I boost morale just by being on the team, but I do know there are people who, if they left my company, would have an impact on my morale even though I never ask them for help or work directly with them.

Just something about knowing a person is an amazing and knowledgeable resource and he’s choosing to work here of all places is a subtle morale boost. When they decide to leave, others might start asking “well if that guy left, am I still making the right decision to stay?”

I’m sure we’ve all experienced someone important leaving our company and having a waterfall of turnover that follows it. That is very disruptive and more should have been done to keep that one employee or at least keep the rest that followed them out the door.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by zdragnar on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:59PM (#16488446)
I've seen people like that, and I've been that guy. Ironically, I've been that guy only because I left years after those other men and women that I'd looked up to had moved on, and I'd filled their role for the junior devs who were hired after.

Moving on is a fact of life, more so now that ever. My parents both worked for the same company over 35-40 years before they retired; I don't think I can imagine that'll be even close to the norm for many in the workforce now (especially software / other tech).

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by internetman55 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @11:39AM (#16493477)
A family friend (manages a programming group) kept a basically incompetent but calming, friendly programmer on her team for 2-3 years because of his effect on the emotional state of the rest of the team. She his pay was worth it for that reason. Unfortunately the company's owner eventually realized that he was paying the salary of someone who couldn't program and fired him.
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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by bob_theslob646 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @12:25PM (#16484730)
I wish I had more than one upvote. This comment is so true it hurts. Thank you for articulating it so well. =)
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