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Company-wide, with some occasional exceptions (but 'company-wide' refers to a dev team of four people). It is a boot-strapped startup so there isn't money to th
by patrickyeon 16y ago
Company-wide, with some occasional exceptions (but 'company-wide' refers to a dev team of four people). It is a boot-strapped startup so there isn't money to throw around either.
(edit: the more I think about it, the more I want to claim that it happens to me a little more, because I end up taking on the challenges and producing results, without the support I think I should have)
- jacquesm 16y agoA couple of pointers: read 'the soul of a new machine' by Tracy Kidder, if you find yourself agreeing with the fact that you are 'signing up' then the problem may be on your end. But the fact that you think that it is company wide suggests the issue may be with your management. In that case I would confront them with this. Maybe suggest that that is not a long term workable solution and if they refuse to change tack start looking for other options or put down your foot once to see how they respond to that. good luck, that's a tough situation to be in. Don't fall like I did for the 'I've already invested so much in to this, one more thing I can do' trick, that carrot can be moved ahead of you for ever.
- patrickyeon 16y agoThank you, again. I like to think I'm pretty good at ignoring sunk costs (the "I've already invested, I'd better keep on trying here" mentality), I think a bigger trap is that I'm an EE, and there is not much opportunity to be involved in research/design unless you have an even more advanced degree or a fair bit of work experience.
- jacquesm 16y agodrop me an email if you feel like, address in the profile