Perfect re-entry: Contracts at same company to maintain same code at 3x salary.
comes back as consultant
I sorta did this at my old factory job by setting up all the machines to run damn near perfectly then I peaced out before showing anyone how to actually run the set-ups.
Or gets promoted, and keeps moving on to new and bigger projects, leaving a trail of destruction, because all management sees is they close tickets faster than the people who are busy picking up the pieces behind them.
In addition, the company doesn’t invest in growing and retaining the rest of the development team for 20 years until said developer is near retirement, then finds that they need to hire 10 developers because 2 need to replace said person and 8 need to redo everything they did.
