Tag: large-organizations
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Promotion based development
Brent Simmons highlights how corporate cultures often prioritise promotion-seeking over real innovation, a reality I’ve seen myself. Even after reaching Principal Engineer, I realised titles are often cosmetic distractions from the work that actually matters. We need to stop chasing arbitrary milestones and get back to the pure joy of building.
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Attributing value to teams in large organizations
In a large tech company, there are layers and layers of teams that contribute to the success of a product or service offered. Many of these layers tend to only have indirect impact on customers. Teams that have a direct relationship with customers tend to have a lot of power. They bear the burden of…