Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof...
by joshspankit on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:43PM
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^this is a really underrated statement.
Coming from “sysadmin”/tech/keeper of the lights on: there is no win at the bottom line. Keeping the lights on always costs money, they always wish it could cost less (except when inter-company bragging about having the new hot tool), and when you’re doing your best possible job they will forget you exist. If something happens on your watch they can just as easily assume you have not been working at all.
One thing I’ve distilled from all this: Always keep at least some focus on how much your work costs vs how much value it’s providing.
Coming from “sysadmin”/tech/keeper of the lights on: there is no win at the bottom line. Keeping the lights on always costs money, they always wish it could cost less (except when inter-company bragging about having the new hot tool), and when you’re doing your best possible job they will forget you exist. If something happens on your watch they can just as easily assume you have not been working at all.
One thing I’ve distilled from all this: Always keep at least some focus on how much your work costs vs how much value it’s providing.