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Re:The Peter Principle and exploiting overconfident workers by thornton on Friday October 24, 2025 @09:25PM (#45700678)
Weird unethical employer hack aside.. No one that works with/for me has the interest in an adjacent position with a more promising career trajectory.. so how common is this?
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Re:The Peter Principle and exploiting overconfident workers by jjj123 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @11:33AM (#45704661)
Isn’t moving from an ic to management exactly that? I know an ex-engineer well who switched to management because they wanted to be a VP (their words).
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