> Paradoxically, by being disposable, you free yourself. You make it easier for yourself to grow into a higher-level role and you make it easier for yourself to change the projects you work on.
I think the logical think between "grow into a higher-level role" and "being disposable" is very weak if any?
The company will pay big price to promote a highly-valued employee. The task which the employee was working on will be transferred to other member/team in the company, so the promoted employee could work on more important tasks. Some company allows/requires the promoted employee to also monitor the situation to ensure the transaction of task is done correctly during/after the promotion.
On the other hand, from a company's stand point, a quitting employee should never be a big concern even if someone intentionally make themselves "indispensable".
The points in the article that I agreed with:
- "Document your meetings", I always do and call it memo
- "Give power to the people"
- "Do not make yourself the point of contact", I explain what I was doing in the comments of my code
- Not sure why the author put this in, but "Always be learning"
I think the logical think between "grow into a higher-level role" and "being disposable" is very weak if any?
The company will pay big price to promote a highly-valued employee. The task which the employee was working on will be transferred to other member/team in the company, so the promoted employee could work on more important tasks. Some company allows/requires the promoted employee to also monitor the situation to ensure the transaction of task is done correctly during/after the promotion.
On the other hand, from a company's stand point, a quitting employee should never be a big concern even if someone intentionally make themselves "indispensable".
The points in the article that I agreed with:
- "Document your meetings", I always do and call it memo
- "Give power to the people"
- "Do not make yourself the point of contact", I explain what I was doing in the comments of my code
- Not sure why the author put this in, but "Always be learning"