Tall Poppy Syndrome: How to Succeed in Tech Without Being Cut Down
So, DevOpsDays Austin 2023 is over, and I was very glad to see some old friends again, and to get a chance to meet some new ones. I would like to note that the best talk I saw was one from Brooke Jamieson, who is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS. It was entitled &quot;Tall Poppy Syndrome: How to Succeed in Tech Without Being Cut Down&quot;.<p>Unfortunately, DevOpsDays Austin 2023 was not recording talks this year, but it turns out that Brooke gave the same talk about a week ago at DevOpsDays Rockies, and I found the link for their recording at https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;bZGc7xp8H1E<p>I&#x27;m curious -- how many people on HN have heard of Tall Poppy Syndrome? Have you ever been Tall Poppied? Have you ever Tall Poppied anyone? If you have gotten a promotion or even just some accolades, what have you done to ensure that you&#x27;ve left the ladder down for the next person? What have you done to actively help the next person get up the ladder?<p>These are all questions that I&#x27;m going to be asking myself as I review my 30+ year career so far.