Engineer loses promo after hiding work instead of showing it early
cto_junior · x · 2026-09-20
The author shares a career lesson: when his lead nudged him to present a project, he got scared and instead worked on an even harder problem, making things more convoluted. The project got shelved, he was reassigned and lost that year's promo. His takeaway: share your experiments and ideas on Slack early and often rather than waiting for perfection.
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