Timeline for As an employee, why would I want to have a high "bus factor" [closed]
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| Dec 1, 2015 at 13:18 | comment | added | Angew is no longer proud of SO | If someone in a company/department cannot be replaced, that company/department's manager should be replaced immediately. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 12:51 | history | closed |
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| Dec 1, 2015 at 11:48 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | Because everyone will grow to resent and hate you? | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 10:58 | answer | added | Ian | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 10:39 | answer | added | ChrisW | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 10:19 | answer | added | Hanky Panky | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 1:33 | comment | added | Loki Astari | If you are the only person who can run the project; then expect never to move project (you can not work on another project because you can only support the current system), thus never get visibility (because you are always maintaining the system or fixing bugs), thus never get a promotion (Why promote a person that is only fixing bugs). Welcome to a dead end job. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 0:30 | comment | added | Jim G. | @thursdaysgeek: Good point. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 0:29 | comment | added | thursdaysgeek | @JimG. sure there are a few developers that are truly special. But I doubt very many of them are working as the single developer in a small company, unwilling to help train others as a way to hold on to their job. If they're that good, they're deliberately training others so they can move on to a better job, where they continue to learn and increase their pay. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 23:51 | comment | added | JB King | I'd be careful of bluffing in these kinds of situations as companies can kick people out and in some cases may pursue legal action that isn't cheap for most people. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 23:33 | comment | added | Jim G. | @JoeStrazzere: I agree with 99.9% of your answers, but not here. And you should know better too. By now, you must've worked with a handful of developers who are special. And by special, I mean - It would take 3-6 months to find a replacement. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 23:32 | answer | added | HLGEM | timeline score: 19 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 23:23 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 30, 2015 at 23:09 | answer | added | Charles E. Grant | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 22:45 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 30, 2015 at 22:44 | comment | added | New-To-IT | Sadly no employee is "indispensable". | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 22:43 | answer | added | Kilisi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 22:42 | answer | added | Wesley Long | timeline score: 27 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 22:42 | answer | added | ChrisLively | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 22:33 | history | asked | 444 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |