Bad team placement can lead to doing boring infrastructure work
Bad team placement can lead to doing boring infrastructure work
Immediately write code that is used by billions of people every day---code that is run millions of times a second. It's a prestigious job that looks good on a resume and opens doors.
You can end up in a cog-in-the-machine sort of a situation where you don't feel like you're making a useful difference.
New hires should be advised to take team placement seriously.
They should also transfer teams even if not performing exceptionally well.
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