I like Kent Beck, but this reads as mostly boomer nonsense. What if that C player is working 3 jobs at once making 3x as much with more job security to boot. What if that C player is simply working less because they’re content working less and having less responsibility?

Corporations love people with Kent Beck’s mindset, ladder climbers willing to jump on command for praise, working twice as hard for a raise or meaningless title that may not justify the stress and hours.

And when corporate needs to lay off 30% they’ll think nothing of it.

If you have Kent Beck’s mindset and you’re not pouring it into something you have equity in, you may as well just call yourself a useful idiot.