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I always assumed A player meant worked 60-100 hrs per week, but they expected you(not directly) to write 40-50 on your times sheet. And only paid for 30. But, d
by sharemywin 8y ago
I always assumed A player meant worked 60-100 hrs per week, but they expected you(not directly) to write 40-50 on your times sheet. And only paid for 30. But, don't worry your changing the world.
- oligopoly 8y ago> But, don't worry your changing the world By creating a new innovative way to deliver ads to consumers.
- gtt 8y agoLike it or not, economy needs ads.
- majewsky 8y agoEconomy has functioned by word-of-mouth for millennia. Ads as an industry are relatively new (maybe 300 years). (Sure, word-of-mouth is a form of advertisement, but OP clearly refers to the ad industry, so I'm going with that meaning.)
- jhall1468 8y agoHow much are you willing to pay for every advertising supported site you use?
- milesvp 8y agoApparently there was a study related to this this recently. http://timharford.com/2018/05/how-much-would-i-have-to-pay-you-to-quit-facebook/ http://timharford.com/2018/05/how-much-would-i-have-to-pay-y...
- gtt 8y agoThose millennia world was mostly in Malthusian trap.
- majewsky 8y agoI agree wholeheartedly. My guess would be one of: - reverse causation fallacy: People who change the world (scientists, big entrepreneurs, politicians) often work a lot of overtime. Since I work overtime, I must be changing the world. - cognitive dissonance: Surely I wouldn't be working overtime if my work weren't important!
- pteredactyl 8y agoThat seems like overly 'business' thinking. People as numbers. While necessary on some level. I've found the best performers don't work any specific number of hours, but actually employ a 'chop smarter, not harder' mentality. Some of my best people work a 30 solid ( dense ) hour week. Those are heads down, no distraction hours. No Facebook, no podcasts, just technical design and code. I don't enforce it, they just do it on their own. As long as they deliver, I want them out of the office, into the gym, outside, whatever the fuck they want, so they don't burn out. And I'm happy with it because they always stretch and deliver, on time. And their code is tight, thoughtful and consequently maintainable. As for finding people who exhibit those qualities. I ask them to solve a problem and see how their mind works. If it's thorough, thinking about error handling, documentation, etc., then that's a winner. I then use their Github code to determine seniority and go from there. Ironically those with the most hunger and passion to learn and excel did not go to top-tier schools. It doesn't take much to figure out why.
- budhajeewa 8y agoI respect every part of your approach, except the GitHub bit. Not all devs code on the side.
- seba_dos1 8y agoIt's also hard to judge anything from GitHub code when lacking necessary context. Most of repos on my profile are from 48 hour game jams, so their code quality hardly matches anything written professionally.
- budhajeewa 8y agoYes, and most my (All?) professionally written code are proprietary and belongs to the company I work for.