> Maybe that senior was great at training their replacement?
No, this was not the case. It turned out that those folks that left just did not contribute beyond superficial "management", delegating to subordinates, coordinating emails. Sort of like a "team secretary".
Ok, I'll guess I'll double-down since I am getting downvotes and it is still on topic.
I would be proud of someone said that about me. I have introduced new technologies (that work well) but I have also spent a significant amount of time training juniors, that I now know could handle the stack without me. Much because of their hard work of course, but a little bit because of me.
Maybe I was a one-trick-pony and this is all I knew. Or maybe I would continue improving the products by introducing new ways of working or implementing great stuff in the future.
Neither of this will be noticeable in a future without me.
But the worst kind of senior ought to be people that leave suddenly, leaving a chaos behind them.
It is like the "hero" who creates a chaotic product and puts a 100 hour week of bugfixing just before the release.
Compared to the person who just plans a product and executes according to schedule without leaving a mark.
No, this was not the case. It turned out that those folks that left just did not contribute beyond superficial "management", delegating to subordinates, coordinating emails. Sort of like a "team secretary".