Re:"AI first" and the Bus Factor of 0
by scarface_74 on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @09:20PM
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When I was an architect for startups between 2016-2020 doing mostly green field development using new to the company AWS technologies, I made damn sure that any knowledge was disseminated so I could both take a vacation without being interrupted and I could “put myself out of a job”.
I considered it a success when I realized a company doesn’t need me anymore and I can move on and talk about what I did at my next interview in STAR format.
Re:"AI first" and the Bus Factor of 0
by TuringNYC on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @09:47PM
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Agree, and also, promotion is hard if you are too tied to a specific system. Diagonal cross-department promotion becomes especially hard if you are a single point of failure.
I considered it a success when I realized a company doesn’t need me anymore and I can move on and talk about what I did at my next interview in STAR format.