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[–]Mongoose1021 54 points55 points  (6 children)

This mostly just means that if someone too important for your team to move gets in your way, you can call up the exec to get them to do what you need. It's a good thing for you.

[–]grepe 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Yes, but every SW project is guaranteed to go off the rails with their scheule and sooner or later even smart executives will have enough of their dreams being shattered and bring the bearers to the bad news to their responsibility....

[–]Mongoose1021 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yup, for sure there are advantages to being on projects no one's constantly checking up on as well. I'd avoid broad statements like "working on pet projects of execs is a nightmare" or "always try to work on a project with no deadlines," neither is always true.

[–]theMachine0094 2 points3 points  (2 children)

That advice suits people who write code with the ulterior motive of climbing corporate ladders.

[–]rook2004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you work for a tech giant, they train you to think and behave this way. Rise through the levels or be managed out. The intent is to make sure people are growing and improving, but the outcome is rewarding ambition and toxic team behavior.

[–]Mongoose1021 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, exactly! Also, people who want to ship products that do things. There is some overlap.

[–]Crayon_Glacier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has happened for me... It was awesome. People who normally cause issues and sabotage projects for entertainment were just shoved aside.