> It always mattered how much value you provide to the business.
My experience says the opposite: the value you provide to the business is irrelevant compared to the value you provide people in positions of power in said business. These are mutually exclusive things.
I've saved employers entire multipliers of value relative to my TC; that value was irrelevant compared to folks who gamed AI tool usage to look better on dashboards to those in power seeking to have loyalists under foot. I've reduced product build times exponentially and halved build costs, but that value was irrelevant to those whose power was dependent on higher costs and longer times. I have contributed substantially more value to businesses than I cost, yet I am first out the door because I deliver value, not blind fealty.
Business value is irrelevant compared to personal power.
My experience says the opposite: the value you provide to the business is irrelevant compared to the value you provide people in positions of power in said business. These are mutually exclusive things.
I've saved employers entire multipliers of value relative to my TC; that value was irrelevant compared to folks who gamed AI tool usage to look better on dashboards to those in power seeking to have loyalists under foot. I've reduced product build times exponentially and halved build costs, but that value was irrelevant to those whose power was dependent on higher costs and longer times. I have contributed substantially more value to businesses than I cost, yet I am first out the door because I deliver value, not blind fealty.
Business value is irrelevant compared to personal power.