Startups And Code by John Mann

Startups And Code by John Mann

Retention vs Replacement

How valuable do you think you are?

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John Mann
May 18, 2025
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Employee walking out of a door to the right carrying a box, and an employee walking in a door on the left being greeted by a woman in an office setting
Welcome, I mean, goodbye… I mean..

With the software engineering market in such chaos right now, I thought I'd write about the job market. I've been a manager for well over a decade now, and never forgot my experience as an individual contributor (IC). It is important to realize your employees are not "YOUR" employees, they are coworkers. Empathy and hu…

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