Comment by snapetom
1 month ago
Wouldn't Zero be a hero in disguise, then?
When I hear stories about Tim or Zero, it makes sense... with the caveat of whether they are actually transferring knowledge to teammates, and whether the other team members are capable of taking over the function of Tim/Zero. If not, then Zero is just covering for low performers, and your bus factor is still a liability.
In Zero's case, it sounds more like there is knowledge transfer but there's this cult of personality from management's perspective. Almost the opposite of Tim.
It can be scary, but you gotta pass the torch at some point and accept there will be turbulence compared to Zero smoothing out the landing. That's how you get future Zeros/Tims who very likely had their own turbulence to handle.