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Re:How Much Should You Pay Your Engineers to Ensure They Sti... by hedora on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:18PM (#23565272)
It doesn’t reduce cognitive workload for high performers.

With my previous boss, I spent 90% of my intellectual effort managing up. Despite his best efforts, the project was delivered above spec and on time (saving his ass), but I burnt so many political bridges making it happen that I ended up moving teams.

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Re:How Much Should You Pay Your Engineers to Ensure They Sti... by tartoran on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:16PM (#23566624)
My point was exactly to take your high performance outside the organization you’re working for if they don’t offer the conditions necessary such as some autonomy and agency. It’s not worth proving anything, too few people would notice of care
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