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What’s stage 4? (i.imgur.com)
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[-] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago
[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 week ago

Step 4 is when you become the senior engineer, show up to work in sweatpants and a dirty t-shirt with Crocs, and don't go to meetings anymore unless it's about major architectural decisions, and they can't fire you because you've become an oracle of the company software.

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

Or you're night shift and look like death and they just kind of look really guilty while they ramble on for a few minutes before mumbling that you can just go.

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago

I'm in between stages where I feel offended to not be included in meetings but when I am included, I hate it.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 31 points 1 week ago

Stage four is picking up farming.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

I'm picking up woodworking x.x

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 31 points 1 week ago

4)become important enough people will wait for you in the meeting room when you're 2 hours late.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

2 hours later

"Can someone just send me the meeting notes? Thanks."

[-] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago

Stage 4 is picking and choosing which meetings are worth your time to attend.

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

Stage 5 is you create the meetings.

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 20 points 1 week ago

I think there’s a stage where you are in meetings that you have nothing to contribute in and get to just sit there and have a free break for a bit

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago

WFH + useless meetings = all my chores are done.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Which is the stage of, "I'm bored because the people I'm supposed to supervise are busy doing all the stuff. I think I'll call a meeting."

(Too many people are at this stage)

[-] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago

I'd say stage 4 is being the keystone attendee: if you don't go, the whole thing falls apart. Even if you somehow manage to get out of the meeting, it has to get rescheduled because it "needs" your input. The meeting thus becomes inescapable.

Stage 5 is when everyone else realizes you're in stage 4 and begins to cater to your availability and preferences. Obviously this is mostly theoretical.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

Stage 6 is when you're too important for meetings, and if you show up to one everyone is terrified.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

Stage 4 is inoperable and fatal.

[-] Godort@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

This makes perfect sense to me.

At the start of your career, you want to be important enough that people will care about your opinions, which means getting invited to meetings where things are discussed.

Stage 2, you've been there long enough and know how things work so you can offer input and help make decisions.

Stage 3 is the point at which people will come to you for input outside of meetings because that's easier. You just want to do your job and generally don't care about decisions anymore unless they bring sweeping changes.

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

At all stages I want to be left alone and just do what I'm paid for.

Enlightenment: calling meetings yourself because nothing you do matters and getting paid to listen to assholes talk isn't the worst way to pay rent.

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago

I think I skipped stages 1 and 2 😅

[-] draconik@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago
[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Stage 4 is what is a meeting?

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