Lateral Move vs Promotion
Developers should consider a lateral move when seeking to diversify their skill set, explore new areas like switching from backend to frontend development, or escape a stagnant role without the pressure of a promotion meets developers should learn promotion to enable reliable and efficient software releases, reducing manual errors and downtime. Here's our take.
Lateral Move
Developers should consider a lateral move when seeking to diversify their skill set, explore new areas like switching from backend to frontend development, or escape a stagnant role without the pressure of a promotion
Lateral Move
Nice PickDevelopers should consider a lateral move when seeking to diversify their skill set, explore new areas like switching from backend to frontend development, or escape a stagnant role without the pressure of a promotion
Pros
- +It's particularly useful in large organizations where internal mobility can prevent burnout and foster innovation by exposing employees to different teams and projects
- +Related to: career-development, skill-diversification
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Promotion
Developers should learn promotion to enable reliable and efficient software releases, reducing manual errors and downtime
Pros
- +It is essential for implementing continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, where automated testing and deployment are critical
- +Related to: continuous-integration, continuous-deployment
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Lateral Move if: You want it's particularly useful in large organizations where internal mobility can prevent burnout and foster innovation by exposing employees to different teams and projects and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Promotion if: You prioritize it is essential for implementing continuous integration/continuous deployment (ci/cd) pipelines, where automated testing and deployment are critical over what Lateral Move offers.
Developers should consider a lateral move when seeking to diversify their skill set, explore new areas like switching from backend to frontend development, or escape a stagnant role without the pressure of a promotion
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