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January 18, 2024

Leadership vs The Job Security Myths Vs Layoffs

Key Article from Googler

  • Pattern #1 - They point in a direction, their subordinates swarm the area, try a bunch of stuff, and sometimes something sticks and is cool.
  • Pattern #2 - Given that they have no real vision of their own, they really need their subordinates to come up with cool stuff for them
  • Pattern #3 - Just randomly firing people, torching institutional knowledge, and blowing up perfectly functional teams.

So I guess I will just hang around and do my job until Google no longer wants me.


Job Security Myths

There is no relationship between skills vs job vs priority. We need to carve our own skills to survive.

  • When you know tech, you feel like know business to remain competitive
  • When you know Database, you feel like learning API to remain competitive
  • When you know ML, you feel like learning Kubernetes, and MLOps to remain competitive
  • When you know UI, you feel like learning DB, and API to remain competitive

Add everything that compliments, You can only be a better version every day not by comparison but by your own aspirations

Keep Exploring!!!


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