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Yes. _Your muse can only be treated as the secretary of a subcommittee for so long before she decides to pack up and look for employment elsewhere. If you aren
by ahoyhere 16y ago
Yes.
_Your muse can only be treated as the secretary of a subcommittee for so long before she decides to pack up and look for employment elsewhere. If you aren’t able to own the product and be creative, then you aren’t able to do your work, and if you’re not doing your work then you’re negating a very real part of your personality, which is no good for anyone. No good for you and certainly no good for your employer._
That is why I quit my jobs… and consulting, period, in the end. I couldn't stand to watch people wreck my work. My heart couldn't get excited about such a compromise. And sure, I could have spent a decade learning how to really work a committee -- but to what end, exactly?
- tocomment 16y agoWhat do you do now?
- olefoo 16y agoShe's a wildly successful entrepreneur and UX person, she's probably spoken at more conferences than you've attended.
- thesethings 16y agoSo she doesn't have to stan herself out, I will. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stan http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stan) Lately... She's a Javascript/ front-end developer (co-creator of Twistori + everytimezone for example), business thought leader type (did i just say "thought leader?" Sorry.), and co-founder of the SaaS service http://letsfreckle.com http://letsfreckle.com. But none of those things would get much as much attention as they do if it weren't for the fact that she is an amazing user experience/ interface maker. These skills make the things she works on (from books to slides to web form interactions) really friendly and fun. (I have no professional affiliation with her. But full disclosure: We are Twitter friends. #realtalk)