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Originally Posted by djmcmath
True enough, but we've got some systems guys who are pretty darn close. We run an incredibly complicated network consisting of computers from a dozen different manufacturers, some of which we can change and some of which we can't. The list of guys who actually understands most of what the entire system does is REALLY short. There are a couple of guys who can fix virtually anything, and while they aren't technically indispensable, it would take years to train up anyone else on the system.
So "indispensable" may not really be attainable for most of us. But it's possible to be so incredibly useful that people can't imagine what the workplace would be like without you.
My personal pair of pennies,
Dan
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Makes no difference. If I lost a top talent, I would get a contractor for 1-2 months while I searched for a replacement. If I did not find what I wanted, i get what comes close and sub out the part that I could not manage with my existing team.
NO ONE is safe. It is niave to think anything else. Trust me. I have been critical before an still saw the boot... I have also seem industry leaders get the boot and although painful for companies, they move on an in a few months they say " Joe who....."
