[fartcannon]

There's a chance this kind of person won't be promoted, or get to do fun things simply because they're so competent at doing hard things.

I think it's better to look like you're the type of person who can do that, but also look marketable and make friends with powerful people in the company.

[giantg2]

Yep, I've spent a lot of my career working on systems and taking stories that others don't want. I'm 9 years in at the same company, have a masters, and I'm just a midlevel dev making under $100k.

[yotamoron]

I agree.