this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2026
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It doesn't make you look better if you're shirking your own work to work on stuff other people want you to do. "Clearing bandwidth for the important task" is a fancy way of saying you're making someone else do your work so you can work on something that someone else considers a higher priority.
Seen that bite helpers in the ass more than once.