Make Yourself Replaceable
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Summary
This Hrih News feature argues that engineers should make themselves replaceable rather than indispensable. Using the story of "Sam," a long-tenured engineer whose undocumented knowledge of a payment system traps them in their role and blocks promotion or a move, it contends that organisations reward visible firefighting over quiet prevention.…