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mik1998

From what the article describes, a senior engineer singlehandedly managed a significant part of operations, and after he had encountered medical problems, his duties were partially dispersed to several younger engineers. This seems like a sensible move to decrease the bus factor.

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All true, but you cannot initiate this on the basis of age or disability status -- it must be universal policy that engineers delegate in order to manage risk.

30 year-old must be treated same as 50 or 60 year-old.

If you should ever have to engage in anything that could be viewed as a demotion on the basis of medical disability or age you should it get your HR people involved for due diligence.

If any other org did this it would be a no brainer. Anybody managing ops knows that you responsibility must be distributed and knowledge shared.

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