Story of 2 Engineers Who Wanted a Promotion

Flex 1: Bughunter

This guy thrives on searching for imperfections in the system. He has good domain knowledge and technical expertise. Every day he posts messages to the chat like:

"Hey, Team! I have created these 3 tickets to add to our technical backlog"

or

"I think we need to decide on the approach we want to take. I scheduled a call with Architects to discuss a couple of solutions"

Is this guy doing something right? No, not at all. But within the company, people associate him with problems and a growing work log.

Is it good for his career? No, not at all.

Flex 2: Problemsolver