Re:Build your career on dirty work
by colordrops on Sunday September 11, 2022 @04:06PM
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It's a tradeoff. I've been working on the front lines most of my career and it has lead to some amazing growth and achievements, but now that I've got children and want to spend more time with them I'm perfectly fine being in a cost center and staying out of the critical path. It does take some savvy to get visibility for your work but nothing a seasoned engineer couldn't handle.
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Re:Build your career on dirty work
by bigcat12345678 on Sunday September 11, 2022 @05:49PM
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Cost center is the critical path, they are the punching bag for others' failures.
Re:Build your career on dirty work
by colordrops on Sunday September 11, 2022 @07:36PM
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What I mean by critical path is that the business or product will fail immediately if you don't do your job. That's certainly not the case with the "back office" sort of work that I currently do.