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Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead by rmac on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:46AM (#28575129)
What's the alternative? If they are really good they will leave anyway, so challenge and coach them until they do.

Failing miserably is less likely given you have some "success in role" criteria they are clearly demonstrating beforehand.

Not sure I follow the burn concept here? If they are shitty why promo, unless you want the initiative to fail? If they are good see above

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Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead by cornel_io on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:54AM (#28575159)
If they are really good then either figure out how to pay them (a lot) more, or don't put them in a higher responsibility role. Promotion without a pay bump equivalent to what they'll get from a move to another company might as well be a firing.
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