Stay away from support; it's not a place to grow
Stay away from support; it's not a place to grow
There are a lot of amazing engineers there.
If you want to burn out and do it fast, this is the place.
If you want to learn about Elastic and be a generalist (forget deep knowledge), this is the place.
If you want not to have time and energy to learn anything else and grow, this is the place.
They are hiring more and more managers, and the crew of support engineers is shrinking.
Wake up and scale
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