[dsattt]

> Just be a person that ships, makes things work, in a friendly mood and you are set for life.

This is the biggest lie in tech. Doing this will keep you overworked because you’re reliable. You will never get promoted and when you try to get another job you will be so good everybody will be afraid of you.

[jf22]

I'm sorry you've had experiences that made you think this.

[gnz11]

So be unreliable and terrible? That doesn’t sound better.

[gcheong]

Deliver just enough not to get fired but work on your schmooze game as well.

[DANmode]

Aren't you the same guy implying in another thread you haven't been able to maintain the amount or quality of work you'd prefer?

Is this advice in contrast to how you ended up in that spot?

[gcheong]

I don’t believe so, do you have a link to the thread? Would be easy to verify. In any case my comment isn’t what I personally do just what I believe the gp comment meant rather than what the comment I was replying to thought it meant.

[DANmode]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39708611

[gcheong]

I was asking directly about how to get more quantity but I don't think I implied anything about quality as they indicated nothing about that. Really I'm just curious about the specifics of this person's long tenure as it's not been my experience or that of most people I know regardless of individual performance but they offer us nothing other than the knowledge of their existence the implication being that ageism in the industry doesn't exist because they haven't personally been affected by it. Apologies, I should have just stated that directly.