I didn’t say it wasn’t important. It is important. I was trying to say that there is a tendency in the tech industry to value new projects over maintenance. And this list was partly in jest.
+1 for each positive and -1 for each negative, maximum score of 4, minimum score of -4, 0 is sideways, salary must be compared against industry salaries… so if industry average rises and yours didn’t rise as much, that is a demotion
This is kind of in jest and just a rough measure. Like if your salary went up 100x this doesn’t capture that. Positive and negative measures tend to be correlated though (I suspect that this looks more like 3 bell curves instead of one). Would be wonderful there was an industry database of this to invalidate or validate guesses.
Extremely bad indicators
- Having no reports
- No longer presenting in company meetings
- No longer being invited to meetings where decisions are made
- Bad seating location
Extremely positive indicators
- In regular staff meetings
- Introduced to VIP guests
- Sit near CEO
Against, this is partly in jest, Dilbert style
Just some things I have noticed…
- If I make more money, it is a promotion. If I didn't, it is a demotion.
- If the number of reports increases, it is a promotion. If it decreases, it is a demotion.
- If I have more areas reporting to me, it is a promotion. If I have fewer areas, then it is a demotion.
- If I have greenfield projects under my direction, it is a promotion. If I have maintenance projects, it is a demotion.