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Re:Ask HN: Work on robotics or agents? by gazchop on Friday January 10, 2025 @01:47AM (#42653262)
Yeah this. Also leverage yourself a position where you are well known and indispensable.
Re:Ask HN: Work on robotics or agents? by baq on Friday January 10, 2025 @02:11AM (#42653376)
Indispensable is unpromotable. Train your replacement on your own terms before they make you.
Re:Ask HN: Work on robotics or agents? by gazchop on Friday January 10, 2025 @04:14AM (#42654006)
I don't want to be promoted!

At some point you get to the state where you can't perform a work function. We lost more people above me than along side me.