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I think I'm equally innovative as when I was young. But when I was young I was working for young small companies that didn't have any rules and you could do any
by sqldba 9y ago
I think I'm equally innovative as when I was young. But when I was young I was working for young small companies that didn't have any rules and you could do anything.
Every company I work for now is absolutely groaning under the weight of bureaucracy and rules that prevent everything. You know - innovations generally don't fit in there well.
I've got a mortgage. I care about getting fired over a technicality. So if you've got rules that stifle innovation then you won't see innovation.
Amazingly, I do see young people in the company doing stuff, and being applauded by management. Those things ALSO break ALL of the rules. Management doesn't care.
Ethically though I have a problem with breaking the rules just because I think I will get away from it. I'd rather they get rid of the damned rules. I guess I'm bitter that way and that bitterness has grown with age. When I was young I laughed at rules.
- danieltillett 9y agoI like to think my ideas are as good as they were as when I was younger, but I suspect this is just a lie I tell myself. The huge difference between being young and old(er) is you have a so much more to lose. When I was young all I had to lose was my dignity, today I have a wife, children, house, and security. I can’t complain in anyway as I have been very successful and answer to nobody but myself. Despite all of this I still miss the raw and angry innovation of my younger self.