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It sounds rough, but if you are not invaluable to your company, then you are always at risk. And almost no one is invaluable at such a large company.

There is no more "lifer" jobs.



On the flip side, being "irreplaceable" isn't necessarily a good thing either because it generally means you are needed for one specific task that will stagnate your professional growth.


Nobody is invaluable at a company. Period. And especially in the tech industry. Code is just code. It doesn't take a magical power to read it.


Unless of course you'd take some extra measures to increase your job security: https://www.thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html




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