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Doing Everyone Else's Job yosefk.com
The author argues that taking on tasks outside your formal role gives insight and can accelerate delivery, but warns that such “charity” can hide deeper organizational problems like misaligned incentives around buy‑vs‑build and centralization.
Hacker News front pageyosefk.com7d5 minHN210107
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Why do Microsoft job levels start in the high 50’s instead of starting at a sane number like 1?microsoft.com
Microsoft renumbered its job levels to start at 40‑70 to add granularity and avoid confusion with the old 1‑14 system; entry engineers now begin at level 59, while lower numbers cover interns and non‑engineering roles.
Raymond Chenmicrosoft.com7d3 min

Doing Everyone Else's Jobyosefk.com