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Perhaps another framing of the same idea is that you can’t work on other (bigger and better) things if you can’t hand your work off to someone else.
by null0pointer 2y ago
Perhaps another framing of the same idea is that you can’t work on other (bigger and better) things if you can’t hand your work off to someone else.
- efitz 2y agoI don’t want to frame it positively. In my experience, people who hoard knowledge and/or relationships (as with other teams or customers) are toxic. I hate all sorts of gatekeeping behavior but I especially despise having to wheedle information or effort out of someone like that. They almost invariably have an ego that is out of proportion to their contributions. Side note: Occasionally I have seen people who take on the thankless task of being a maintainer of something no one else wants- those people tend to welcome others and share as much as others are willing to listen to, so being the single person who knows something doesn’t make you a gatekeeper. It’s the gatekeepers that I hate.
- shae 2y agoArticle author here: I've always said I want to be able to go on vacation and not get a call. I like your framing better!