Work on What Matters
> Such changes make the organization increasingly dependent on the new leader, and also ensures anything that does go well gets attributed to the new leader directly rather than their team. If this is your approach to leadership, please know that you’re awful and take the time to work on yourself until the well-being and success of an entire company matters to you more than being perceived as essential.<p>Something tells me that this person is rather more idealistic than you would expect from someone branding themselves as a "staff engineer". People who have such an approach to leadership don't give two hoots about the opinion of their line-level subordinates or about the actual amount of value generated. The only thing that matters is the opinion of the person who will decide on their next promotion, either inside the company or somewhere else.