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rdtsc ◴[] No.43661664[source]
Sadly two management levels above we’re just a line in a spreadsheet. Maybe even one level above.

“Hey look, this one is cog is spinning at a cost $200k/year, why don’t we replace it with a cog from a low cost country and save some money?” Or “remove it and make this one other cog do the work of this obe?” People doing the replacement have to show they did something, as well!

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1. lazide ◴[] No.43671411[source]
Upper management has targets they need to meet. If they don’t, they’re out the door even faster than your typical junior engineer who is struggling to code.

The targets often aren’t what you’d think though.