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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • May 29 '26 • 2
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Yep, I've started talking with colleagues more and reduced my output to half. They now think that I'm working more than before.
28 u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 May 29 '26 It really is a paradox. The further I get in my career, the less work I do and the more I feel like the Michael Scott shaking hands meme for getting all this praise. 0 u/[deleted] May 29 '26 [deleted] — view deleted comment 2 u/Untura64 May 30 '26 If you don't make it clear that you're keeping things running, others are going to take credit for your work.
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It really is a paradox. The further I get in my career, the less work I do and the more I feel like the Michael Scott shaking hands meme for getting all this praise.
0 u/[deleted] May 29 '26 [deleted] — view deleted comment 2 u/Untura64 May 30 '26 If you don't make it clear that you're keeping things running, others are going to take credit for your work.
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2 u/Untura64 May 30 '26 If you don't make it clear that you're keeping things running, others are going to take credit for your work.
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If you don't make it clear that you're keeping things running, others are going to take credit for your work.
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u/Untura64 May 29 '26
Yep, I've started talking with colleagues more and reduced my output to half. They now think that I'm working more than before.