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moron4hire on Jan 11, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Tsunami of Burnout Few See

You do need to come into the place as a manager, though. The attitudes the other management have of you will be pinned to whatever their first impression of you was. So if you promoted into management, you'll still be treated with the same lack of respect as an individual contributor.

ketamine on Jan 11, 2025 [–]

Tons of truth here.

And a lot of management bravado is from fear and ignorance of how the work is actually done and their ego gets in the way of curiosity.

So then there is a good chance you are not in favor when promoted in to their circle because they can feel threatened.

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