--- title: "Giving and taking credit in big tech companies" url: https://daily.dev/posts/giving-and-taking-credit-in-big-tech-companies-ymcrdbjw2 source_url: https://seangoedecke.com/giving-and-taking-credit type: article source: "sean goedecke" published: 2026-08-02T11:24:26.592Z updated: 2026-08-02T14:18:09.356Z tags: ["career", "company-culture", "big-tech"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 7 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Giving and taking credit in big tech companies **[sean goedecke](https://daily.dev/sources/seangoedecke)** · 8 min read · 7 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Engineers at big tech companies often expect credit to flow naturally from good work, but that's not how it works. Credit and blame are distributed through informal networks of trusted engineers that managers rely on for assessments. The key insight is that taking credit proactively (via internal posts, 1:1s) is necessary, but hoarding credit is counterproductive. Sharing credit with peers gives them incentive to advocate for your work, turns individual projects into group wins, and distributes blame risk. Conversely, solo projects with concentrated credit become lightning rods for blame when things go wrong. The optimal strategy is to self-promote enough to be visible while generously crediting collaborators to build a network of advocates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@agustinbarrientos** · 0 upvotes > A running credit log should name reviewers, operators, and cleanup work while it's fresh instead of reconstructing the org chart six months later. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Giving and taking credit in big tech companies](https://daily.dev/posts/giving-and-taking-credit-in-big-tech-companies-dqebxgc1c) · Tech Lead Digest · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#company-culture](https://daily.dev/tags/company-culture), [#big-tech](https://daily.dev/tags/big-tech) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/giving-and-taking-credit-in-big-tech-companies-ymcrdbjw2)