Re:Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
by zooweemama on Thursday January 02, 2025 @06:49AM
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> “impact” is generally code for making other people rich
I love this and am going to reuse it!
Re:Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
by sabellito on Thursday January 02, 2025 @08:00AM
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I don't understand the shallow cynicism. Isn't everything we do at a company in order to make the owner and shareholders richer?
Re:Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
by jerrygenser on Thursday January 02, 2025 @08:14AM
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In capitalism, that's how it's designed, yes. Everything else is "religion" to distract from this fact.
Re:Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
by bdndndndbve on Thursday January 02, 2025 @08:34AM
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There's nothing shallow about it. Companies don't make "levelling up" worthwhile unless you have your ego invested in your title in an unhealthy way. If you hang out at senior+/staff level you can just plug away until retirement.
If you’re in a small enough company for your impact to matter, chances are your stock options are still chips, which you might never get to cash in.
If the company is post IPO then chances are your impact will never move the needle materially for yourself.
Income is really the only thing that matters. When you do the same job and aren’t getting inflationary bumps then there’s a serious issue.